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Originally Posted by Rochard
NATO was originally created to defend Europe from the Soviet Union (and so on). However, this has changed in the past two decades. While you can still argue Europe needs to be defending from Russia, the truth is it was Europe who has come to the defense of the United States and assisted us in both Iraq and Afghanistan. At the same, the United States needs bases in Europe in order to continue to operate in certain areas.
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Current day, Russia has invaded Crimea & the Ukraine, the EU NATO blockade to the West is the only thing stopping him from expanding further and invading other countries.