Why NATO is so important!

[Shemp Howard]

6. But at some point, history is just that, history.

Look back in history. In 1814 the British raided the District of Columbia, and burned the White House. So should we maintain a series of forts on the east coast to prevent that from happening again? No, because that incident simply isn't going to happen again. Money spent on those forts would be better spent elsewhere.

The same goes with NATO. The odds of Germany attacking France again are about the same as the odds of Britain burning the White House again. Keeping NATO intact to keep Germany from attacking France again (or to keep Italy from attacking Greece again, etc.,etc.), it's all a waste of money.

Because that's all ancient history. Let's not waste money trying to prevent things that aren't going to happen anymore anyway.

Now here's a separate issue. Is NATO still of value to keep Russia from invading eastern Europe? That argument can still be made. But it's a weak argument. Militarily, Russia today is not the Russia of 1950.

So I'd be OK with phasing out NATO, and replacing it with some sort of EU-centered defense pact.