If people want on or off this list, please let me know.
Actually the more i delve into this question the more i see NATO becoming another UN .....in essence a vestigial organization that just chews up US resources and commitment.
Have they updated their objectives? What is their intended purpose in todays geo-political matrix, in that what is the big 'threat' that took over the space left by the Warsaw pact? Have they yet managed to remove their redundancy, and their yards of red tape due to European generals trying to stay relevant (actually that is a rhetorical question since based on NATO activities in Bosnia the answer is simply No since it seems NATO generals could not even decide how many tanks they blew up, and discovered to their chagrin that most of the 'destroyed' tanks were actually cardboard replicas meant to deceive sensors).
I may be wrong, but NATO today seems like a waste of US resources. It is an entity that was created to protect the free world from a formidable enemy ...but today some of the very countries that comprised that enemy are now members of NATO, and others are trying to join (including the uber badboy of yesteryear Russia, which is already a quasi-member). Now, if NATO could be directed toward fending off a future Chinese threat (which according to estimates should achieve super-power status around 25 years from now all things remaining normal) then it might be relevant. However one thing about most Europeans is they nigh never involve themselves in situations that do not affect them directly.
Anyways i await your feedback.