[JonPreston]

it’s America pretty much kept peace in Europe for over seventy years

Fixed it

[ought-six]

Yes, the US was the kinetic big stick of NATO; but without its NATO allies the US would have found itself pretty isolated, which was not an enviable position post-WWII. Besides military cooperation (force), the most important element of the alliance is INTEL cooperation. That has paid dividends over the decades.

BTW, when are you going to post the link, Frick?