> The odd thing is that the main parts of the NATO alliance seem to be in Europe, not in America. That was the point. Seen from the US, it is much better to de

> The odd thing is that the main parts of the NATO alliance seem to be in Europe, not in America. That was the point. Seen from the US, it is much better to defend NATO in Europe, then doing it in the US. That was also the reason why West Germany was rebuild after the war: better use Germany as a member of NATO and fight the war against the USSR in Germany. For example huge tank battles in Northern Germany... Germany was set up with all kinds of military installations as the battle ground for WWIII in Europe. Seen from the US, there was nothing odd about it.