Should our country remain in NATO?

Yes, but we should lower our financial contribution

Yes, but pressure other countries to increase their financial contributions

The United States has been in NATO since its founding at the end of World War II and we have been its biggest contributor since then. The United States should remain in NATO, but several things have to change. The first thing that needs to happen is an all countries in NATO must increase their contributions, by increasing their military and or their military industrial complex to provide arms and equipment either for their own military or to help Is the United States in its role. The second thing that must happen is we must change the mission of NATO, NATO was originally founded to be an alli…  Read moreance to combat the Soviet Union, but the Soviet union has gone, and the Russian Federation is what is current today. Some people, especially critics of NATO, claim that part of the reason Russia invade, Ukraine, was because of hostility or belief of hostility against Russia from NATO. we must make it clear to Russia that NATO is not an anti-Russia alliance And, as lunatic as it sounds, we must offer Russia membership into. Russia will always be a different country than Western countries with its own unique culture and its own way of doing things at home, we must not ask Russia to Change its ways, we must ask it to hostilities. If we Offer NATO membership to Russia, and ask nothing of it to change its culture, but only to be friendly towards the United States, We could end hostilities in that area and tension between Russian other nations, and we we could even gain a valuable ally in the next war the United States fights in with its next adversary.

yes but make them pay their fair share

Yes, but only on the condition that the other member states are required to maintain their budget quotas and armament preparation. The United States should no longer be the primary armer and cash cow for the alliance.

Yes, and NATO should expand.

I think that we should just all get along and everyone should be nice to one another I think war is dumb and we should rely more of trade then war like we did back then

Yes, but NATO should focus on the protection of developing countries and the like instead of bolstering capitalist interests

Yes, leaving would ruin our relationship with Europe and would be immoral anyway, it would essentially mean letting Russia just invade whoever they want.

NATO has its benefits and downsides. I believe in an alliance that strives for global peace and democracy. However NATO and the US have backed governments and regimes that aren’t peaceful and are undemocratic.

No, we shouldn’t be worrying about financially supporting other countries while we have our own problems going on.

It is a weird issue. NATO was made for the purpose of preserving the peace of the world. However, NATO does not achieve that. It does the opposite.

No, and the U.S. should move to completely disband NATO as it was a collaboration with nazis to stop the spread of communism.

Yes, but only if they are absolutely desperate, we shouldn't weaken ourselves to support another country unnecessarily.

Yes, but use it to exert more control over those countries and make them heavily increase their military spending and make them increase their military presence in key areas like the South China Sea, Taiwan, and Israel

Yes, but we should be more assertive in demanding that each NATO member pay their fair share on defense

Yes, as long as other countries increase their financial contributions.

Yes, but we need to remove members that do not have NATO's best interests in mind or those nations that are not true allies (e.g. Turkey).

Yes, but we should be less involved.

Yes, but scale back funding

Yes, but reform NATO

We must make NATO obsolete and abolished sense it is a imperialist capitalist organisation focusing on securing imperialist hegemony and The US should be ecosocialist and must be gone from NATO

yes, and increase our involvement

Yes, but demand other countries increase their financial contributions

I don't even KNOW what NATO is!

Yes but make other countries increase their financial contributions

Yes, But Other NATO Countries Should Increase Their Financial Contribution.

NATO is a symbol of Western hegemony, which I am against, but presuming that NATO continues to exist, the US should remain.

Yes, but the U.S. should decrease its involvement until other countries increase their financial contributions

No unless other member states agree to protect third own distinctive cultures from immigration and the left

NATO is no longer needed. We should have allowed Russia to join NATO to fight against the new enemies of Iran and China.

Yes, but only if countries increase their financial contributions and focus more on counter-terrorism strategies.

Yes, but cut down on financial and military support until other countries increase their contributions

Yes, because if the US leaves nato, nato will fall apart letting russia roll over the rest of europe

NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was founded by the United States, along with other members in 1949, to combat the expansion and threat the Soviet Union posed on the Western World. Since then, it has been a primary force that was to be made against Soviet Aggression, though I believe that ever since the Fall of the Soviet Union, but more broadly ever since its founding as an alliance, NATO has provided to be the best bastion for democracy and the preservation of democracy among its members. Despite its fallacies, it has been one of the most successful alliances in this categor…  Read morey for all its now 32 members. We cannot, and I mean cannot, move out of this alliance because of a difference in view-ship. Our commitment to democracy, as a collective, strikes especially damning now, with the Advent of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the loss of a democracy in Taiwan with the threat of a Chinese Invasion, and regrettably, it is dealing with the erosion of trust and unity among our government and people here in the United States. Europe must remain strong, but we here at home must remain stronger, in our commitment for democracy at home and at abroad. It should be noted that the existence for NATO members providing little while America provides a lot is reasonably unjust, but that does not mean it is not natural. Combined, Europe could produce only so much due to the sheer economic difference between their small economies and the largest economy on earth, which is us. Yes they should begin to re-arm, but not at the expense of our trans-Atlantic alliance. The more Europe Re-arms to protect itself, the more we can spread our thin grasp on the world to East Asia, while at the same time supporting and maintaining this alliance and continuity in trade with Europe and East Asia. More so than that, us putting our allies in Europe under the bus hinders at the US's efforts for Europe to not cooperate with China, and if the US were to try and successfully overcome the PRC, it should recognize that maybe their allies, like Japan, Korea, and Taiwan may be hesitant, considering what might happen if there is public fallout between the US and their respective leaders. It cannot be us alone. Our allies, for all the help we give, also help us. They give reliable partners, economic and political cooperation, and provide as a defense, especially Canada, against any incoming attack on the North American continent. We cannot safely proclaim that the US is safe from any major world power if we do not have allies to rely on.

Yes, however, precautions and guidelines should be put in place to assure any previous issues can be fixed and efforts should be focussed on more than just counter-terrorism.

Yes, but with Russia doing very badly in Ukraine, it allows China to take up the stage as the main Eastern Military Power, and as such, we should expand NATO to not just be the North Atlantic but the world to combat any and all threats to national freedom.

Yes, but member nations should pay higher percent of their GDP because without the US, NATO is nothing

Yes, but the U.S should not fight other countries wars strictly because one of the countries in war is in NATO.

Yes but nato should focus on making the world better in general like attacking tafficking, terrorism, and drugs

Yes, NATO is key to reducing nuclear proliferation and the US umbrella of deterrence should extend further.

They should but they should lower the percentage paid because we spend around 2-3 billion dollars in NATO when other countries only contribute 2%

An agreement needs to be made on how much each country will pay to NATO. It does not necessarily need to be even between all countries. If countries fail to pay their agreeded part three times they are removed from NATO.

Yes , but the rest of the NATO countries need to be held accountable to pay their dues or risk being expelled.

The US spends too much money on NATO, while all our allies use our money. We should draw back spending and let Eropeans deal with Eropean problems.

Yes, because if they do all the other countries will know that the US might start like going crazy and concurs and stuff

NATO, while being mostly made of democracies, is imperialist and props up illiberal democracies like Hungary and Turkey, and supports global capitalism rather than just causes most of the time. Middle ground

Yes, but don't become heavily involved until there is a military and/or political need to be more involved in NATO

No, not until other nations provide equal military and financial support down to the soldier and dollar.

The USA should leave NATO, but still be semi-connected with it, just without the guarantees. NATO should be more of a European alliance in which they can defend themselves without american entanglement. Plus, we need money that we spend on military spending for our own things here, like healthcare.

We should threaten to withdraw from nato if other countries don’t start putting more money into it and if they don’t we should withdraw

George washington warned us to stay of out of other countries business. But honestly we kinda just live with this for the sake of keeping the communist parties from attacking any of us. For the US, this is fine (aside from the debts and limiters, a few unnecessary, many are useful tho)

Yes, but NATO needs to have stronger policies against terrorists and countries that violate common decency.

Yes I think they should remain in NATO;however, I believe those that do not contribute money there membership should be terminated

Yes, but countries in Europe and other countries should contribute an adequate amount to the budget as the U.S. contributes significantly.

Yes but NATO has to pay for more of the defense rather than the U.S. paying for 80% of the defense cost

NATO is an alliance created during and for the Cold War. Whether the Cold War is still present is open to debate. NATO should revisit its sole purpose for the world in 2025 and going into future years.

Yes, other countries count on our extremely large military to protect them. They should spend at least 3% of their GDP for their military.

Yes, but the European countries need to fulfill their military financial obligations. They also need to support the basic freedoms the West has stood by to remain an ally (see free speech, freedom of religion, etc).

NATO was created against an enemy that no longer exists (USSR and Warsaw Pact members), but still has its place so long as the other nations begin to pick up the slack and be able to carry their weight more, as the U.S. contributes proportionately more, but yes remain in NATO

I believe nato is essential but i want our allies to contribute the same as much as we do, instead of using us as a meat shield to fight their wars.

Based on my perspective, I believe the U.S. should prioritize domestic issues, such as healthcare, social services, and infrastructure, over its extensive commitments to international military alliances like NATO. While I understand that NATO has played a crucial role in maintaining global security, I think the U.S. should consider redirecting resources away from large-scale military involvement to focus more on improving the well-being of its own citizens. With many people in the U.S. facing challenges such as poverty, lack of healthcare, and insufficient access to essential services, it see…  Read morems that these resources could be better used to address those needs. While national security is important, I believe the U.S. should reevaluate its role in NATO and explore other ways to maintain diplomatic relationships that align more closely with domestic priorities.

Yes, but pressure other NATO countries to increase their financial contributions to at least 2% of their federal spending

Yes, with the understanding that member nations spend AT LEAST 2% of their GDP per the agreement so that European national defense is not dependent on the U.S.

Yes, but Nato nations should contribute more of the GDP to defense to comply with the previous goal of 2 percent.

Yes but NATO countries should start paying their fair share – 2% of GDP around the board to defense spending

I honestly go back and forth. Part of me says we need to go back to what President Washington said and not have any entangling alliances but at the same time we need to be number one and need friends, but that doesn't necessarily mean we need to be part of NATO and mostly think we shouldn't be apart of NATO. I would need to think, pray, and meditate on this more.