LSU, you just made Alberta’s point for him. NATO’s commitment to Afghanistan is both lukewarm & tenuous. While they went in initially as a ‘solidarity’ move under the Treaty, every member country has made noises about withdrawing or severly limiting their combat role. Doesn’t sound like much of an alliance to me.
I don’t think there is any point at all.
If not for the alliance, we would have no bases and depots to stage stuff out of and our troops would be much further away from advanced hospital care.
Moreover, our NATO allies perform a significant naval role in the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Sea and the Eastern Med.
No one in NATO spends enough on defense. Including the US. But that neo-isolationist claptrap about ending the alliance is just plain silly and ignorant.