[grania]

There is no point in NATO for a country such as the US which will not even defend our own borders from invasion. Fifty years after WW2, European countries should figure out how to defend themselves.

Haven't you noticed? Europe is being over-run by invaders from the Mideast and Africa. There won't be anything left to defend if the EU doesn't get its act together.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"There is no point in NATO for a country such as the US which will not even defend our own borders from invasion. Fifty years after WW2, European countries should figure out how to defend themselves."

The first point you make you are conflagurating two separate issues. The second point I am somewhat in agreement with you. First off, I still think NATO is a valid organization because though we have no Soviet Union and her satellites as in the cold war, we have an agressive Russia. However, the rest of the NATO members (save perhaps Poland) are not living up to their treaty obligations. They are not spending 2% of their GDP on defense. The rest of Europe does need to take a more active part in defending themselves. We need to be pulling more of our Army out of Western Europe and Western Europe's armies need to take that burden up. We should be supporting them with our Air and Naval power. We still need those bases IMO.