Should the U.S. remain in NATO?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4th, 1949. It is a political and military alliance of member countries from Europe and North America that agree to provide military and economic security for each other. NATO makes all of its decisions by consensus and every member country, no matter how large or small, has an equal say.
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@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
Yes
@9CLWDVD 2yrs2Y
The European states are our most vital allies. To abandon NATO would be to abandon Europe. The U.S. can not face the geopolitical challenges of the 21st century alone.
@9FMF5VH2yrs2Y
The US, and the world at large, benefits from close and friendly international relations. Democratic nations should always look out for each others's interests, especially with authoritarian governments rising in prominence. NATO is essential for US and European relations, its a pact of confidence and trust. Pulling out of NATO would send a message of disintrest and apathy, and would lead to losing the good faith that European nations have put in the US.
@9FMBRM32yrs2Y
I agree because Europe is the first line of defense against Russian aggression, and abandoning them will facilitate the take over of those nations. In terms of China, NATO provides an additional incentive for the CCP to not attack the USA
@9GFVGXKLibertarian2yrs2Y
Authoritarian growing powers, such as Russia and China, which seek to dominate their respective regions and expand their power and influence in the region, and the wide reach of NATO provides a source of stability and security for North America and Western Europe, as well as providing a framework and a general sense of values which unite NATO members and allow for common goals.
@TheDesideriusRepublican2yrs2Y
NATO should remain in its current form, but it should not admit any new member states. The organisation should similarly demand that all nations part of it should meet the expected defence spending of 2% of their GDP.
@9ZZSM46Republican 7mos7MO
Ukraine has been getting hit by Russia for years and we have been there supplying them with weapons and money so that they will be okay. We are here to help those in NATO so we can save innocent lives.
@ISIDEWITH9yrs9Y
No
NATO is a exploitive system america has bombed and exploited several third world countries, NATO makes it that the USA can bully the whole world but the countries getting oppressed can't fight back because then the strongest militaries will be against them.
@9CJ6CB61yr1Y
It’s not a predatory organization, any attacks done we’re done explicitly to save lives, and the risks of destroying it are far worse.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, it is obsolete and should be abolished
@9GMVXFH 2yrs2Y
Why should the US cast away the greatest alliance in the history of Mankind? Isolationism is a fool’s ideology, which failed the Ming Empire, the Japanese, and pre-war US. When threats are knocking at the door, it would be idiotic to hide under your bed sheets and hope they go away. Why should the US do that on the Geopoltical stage, ceding the far east the communist China and Eastern Europe to Putin’s Russia.
@9CLWDVD 2yrs2Y
NATO is the only serious guarantor of security in the western hemisphere. Without it the Europe will become a more violent continent.
@B5P54P6 1mo1MO
Global adversaries who are actively invading other nations still exist. Think Russia. Think China if they were to invade Taiwan. If the USA doesn’t want to be kicked off the world stage into the position of a regional power, we have to rely on our Allies. China has so many people that the amount of soldiers they can wield will overwhelm us. The USA is falling behind China in tech already, and therefore our military technological advantage will dwindle the less we innovate. Innovation is stronger when you have half the world supporting your endeavors.
@9FLPK452yrs2Y
the russian invasion of ukraine since 2014 is the best example to demonstrate the value of NATO. the expected invasion of taiwan by china is the next best example. the best evidence to support NATO is the trade and security values the US and other counties get from being members.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, but NATO should focus more on counter-terrorism strategies
@B3VGV2T 1mo1MO
While NATO's traditional focus is on collective defense against conventional military threats, the evolving nature of global security necessitates a stronger focus on counter-terrorism strategies. NATO's current counter-terrorism efforts, while valuable, need to be enhanced to address the growing and complex challenges posed by terrorist groups, particularly in light of their increasing use of hybrid tactics and their global reach.
Here's why NATO should prioritize counter-terrorism:
1. The Evolving Terrorist Threat:
Globalized Terrorism:
Terrorist groups are increasingly oper… Read more
@9LZDL4X1yr1Y
According to NATO, only 11 out of out of 30 NATO members were contributing their fair share of 2% of their real GDP. (Data is from prior to the joining of Sweden and Finland)
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, not until other countries increase their financial contributions
@9FMKJMT2yrs2Y
Well, we have found in history that having an alliance of great world powers (at least those posed in the modern era) has always needed the likes of the US to be successful; without the US, it is hard to put into action any sort of repercussions for a nations wrong doing. Therefore, I find it to be of the utmost importance, that the US remains in NATO.
@9GYY6SZ2yrs2Y
Don't risk our security over other nations, let them do as they please; defend us, for us, not for them.
@B3NSF794mos4MO
NATO was formed as an alliance to protect western Europe from Soviet influence or threats. In exchange for security and financial aid, the US gained a large and loyal consumer market which also shared a similar ideology to the United States.
Other countries have already started increasing their military budgets since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
@8HR8JJFLibertarian5yrs5Y
Yes, but the United States should not be responsible for funding 50% or more of NATO's operating budget.
@Jones4Potus2024 2yrs2Y
Yes, but we should lower our financial contribution
@8WBW8DYRepublican4yrs4Y
Yes, but pressure other countries to increase their financial contributions
@9S2PDWW11mos11MO
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 more
@9DHT8VH2yrs2Y
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.
@B5L68CM1mo1MO
Yes, but NATO should sanction the US if Trump threatens to annex Canada, Panama Canal, Greenland, or the Gaza Strip
@9D6WJ2L2yrs2Y
Yes, and NATO should expand.
@B37QC4F4mos4MO
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.
@9H8G2T42yrs2Y
The NATO Call to arms should not be greater than the American Constitution and need for congress to declare wars.
We should withdraw from NATO as well as the UN.
@9CJ6CB61yr1Y
Absolutely not, they’re the first line of defense against Russian aggression, and if that dies, there’s not much stopping Russia or any other power from curb stomping Europe.
@B5X329R1wk1W
I believe that countries that contribute a small amount of their gdp on their military should not have our protection when we use a large share of our gdp on our military. NATO countries are essentially relying on America to protect them.
@B363JK74mos4MO
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.
@B34X3NY4mos4MO
No, we shouldn’t be worrying about financially supporting other countries while we have our own problems going on.
@B34DQTQIndependent4mos4MO
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.
@B32MFHF5mos5MO
Yes, but only if they are absolutely desperate, we shouldn't weaken ourselves to support another country unnecessarily.
@9VHSZ98Republican9mos9MO
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
@ISIDEWITH10mos10MO
How do you think young people like you are affected by decisions made by military alliances?
@9N92GYS1yr1Y
Yes, but we should be more assertive in demanding that each NATO member pay their fair share on defense
@8TD6J5R4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as other countries increase their financial contributions.
@8M8BTP25yrs5Y
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).
@8NXN8FT5yrs5Y
Yes, but we should be less involved.
@8T98STH4yrs4Y
Yes, but scale back funding
@8PB5CLZ5yrs5Y
@9CNCGVZ2yrs2Y
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
@98M3BTM2yrs2Y
yes, and increase our involvement
@8QHFTMW4yrs4Y
Yes, but demand other countries increase their financial contributions
@8N9NQXX5yrs5Y
I don't even KNOW what NATO is!
@8XSQTBP4yrs4Y
Yes but make other countries increase their financial contributions
@8QKLF6M4yrs4Y
Yes, But Other NATO Countries Should Increase Their Financial Contribution.
@B5Y9X29Independent2 days2D
Yes, but require all NATO conflicts to be voted on by Congress, and we must also decrease involvement.
@B5XYG3X4 days4D
Yes however we must acknowledge and negotiate with other countries in NATO to increase their financial contribution.
@B5TJ2883wks3W
Regardless, we should form one global nation in order to split populations from one another in order the allow for geographic isolation, which is a factor that allows for speciation, which, in this case, applies to humans and use the militaries of each nation in order to force our global nation's solutions
@B5TC8FQ3wks3W
As a person who lives outside the United States in a foreign country that is apart of NATO, I don't believe the U.S. is doing actually anything substantial in creating defense capabilities for us, which the U.S. is doing for themselves, and then they ask for more money from our countries to fund their nation so they can "protect us", which I doubt they'd actually be able to accomplish in a World War 3 scenario.
@B5SYZ763wks3W
Yes, and NATO should condemn Trump for threatening to annex Canada, Panama Canal, Greenland, and the Gaza Strip
@B5SKJH43wks3W
Yes, but decrease our funding toward NATO and require other countries to increase their financial contributions
@B5S69QZ3wks3W
Yes, but NATO should align with American interests (and by extension the interests of its other allies, i.e. Australia, Japan, South Korea, etc.) and not exist solely to protect from Russia.
@B5NTW321mo1MO
Yes but other countries should nevertheless increase their financial contributions instead solely relying on us.
@B5MKGMV1mo1MO
No, but we should have a leaving period of about a decade to allow europe to up its own military spending
@B5LPDLN1mo1MO
Yes, but NATO should sanction the US if Trump tries to annex Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal, or Gaza
@B5KS23R1mo1MO
Yes, but NATO should sanction the US if Trump tries to annex Canada, Greenland, Panama Canal, or Gaza
@B5H9ZZ62mos2MO
Yes, but only turn the alliance at a time where diplomatic and geopolitical tensions are drastically reduced by turning the military alliance into a economic alliance that helps and does not influence smaller countries.
@B5D5WXN2mos2MO
Yes but every country should do their fair share in funding the organization, it should not be the US burden to be funding most of the organization.
@B5BYVMX2mos2MO
Yes but Nato was always used to help potential allies in a war and if they need the United States help we should grant them that.
@Swaggyshark2mos2MO
Yes, NATO is an important entity however the European countries should be expected contribute their fair share and not rely on US aid
@6V83S78 2mos2MO
NATO is a symbol of Western hegemony, which I am against, but presuming that NATO continues to exist, the US should remain.
@anim_xst 2mos2MO
Yes, but the U.S. should decrease its involvement until other countries increase their financial contributions
@B4VCQLM2mos2MO
No unless other member states agree to protect third own distinctive cultures from immigration and the left
@B4SGJD3Constitution2mos2MO
NATO is no longer needed. We should have allowed Russia to join NATO to fight against the new enemies of Iran and China.
@B4RTFSC2mos2MO
Yes, but only if countries increase their financial contributions and focus more on counter-terrorism strategies.
@B4QPLJS3mos3MO
Yes, but cut down on financial and military support until other countries increase their contributions
@B4QGV65Republican3mos3MO
Yes, because if the US leaves nato, nato will fall apart letting russia roll over the rest of europe
@B4PBZXT3mos3MO
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 more
@B3T4HPG4mos4MO
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.
@B3S7THS4mos4MO
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.
@B3QZRHW4mos4MO
Yes, but member nations should pay higher percent of their GDP because without the US, NATO is nothing
@B3MZ4YN4mos4MO
Yes, but the U.S should not fight other countries wars strictly because one of the countries in war is in NATO.
@B3MJ87S4mos4MO
Yes but nato should focus on making the world better in general like attacking tafficking, terrorism, and drugs
@B3LHVBY4mos4MO
Yes, NATO is key to reducing nuclear proliferation and the US umbrella of deterrence should extend further.
@B3LGFP4Republican4mos4MO
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%
@B3KVZGJ 4mos4MO
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.
@B3KNZ9W4mos4MO
Yes , but the rest of the NATO countries need to be held accountable to pay their dues or risk being expelled.
@B3JY7J34mos4MO
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.
@B3JXSSH4mos4MO
Yes, because if they do all the other countries will know that the US might start like going crazy and concurs and stuff
@B3JKPKM4mos4MO
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
@B3HWGY64mos4MO
Yes, but don't become heavily involved until there is a military and/or political need to be more involved in NATO
@B3HGMGZIndependent4mos4MO
No, not until other nations provide equal military and financial support down to the soldier and dollar.
@B3HG58X4mos4MO
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.
@B3HFD2N4mos4MO
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
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