The United States should withdraw from NATO.

The following are the arguments to support the resolution that the United States should withdraw from NATO:INTENT IN ORIGINATION: NATO was created with a specific reason, and is representative of countries who shared a common concern. That concern no longer exists, and the member states no longer possess the conditions that required assistance from the U.S. 1.The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949. Its purpose was clear in a post WWII Europe.[1]-Western Europe in 1945 was depleted of its resources in defending itself from any hostile initiatives. [2]-The USSR was a clear threat to the borders of Western Europe with its newly gained client states in Eastern Europe, and a new military presence. [3]-Post WWII was the beginning of the nuclear era and the Cold War. [4]-The Soviets were able to have medium to long range nuclear missiles throughout Eastern Europe and the USSR with a target of the major cities of Western Europe.[5]2.The origins of NATO are really an extension of the Marshal plan which was to provide assistance to Western Europe at a time of military and economic devastation. It had nothing to do with protecting the borders of the United States, but rather providing a defence of Europe. There was a need for a "trip wire" and a follow up plan for all of the states of Europe. Soon after NATO the Warsaw Pact emerged which gave a further need for NATO. The needs of this sort of assistance to Europe is long since gone.During the cold war the United States spent more on the defence of Europe than Europe spent on their defence. More specifically the amount spent by each American citizen on the defence of Europe was greater than that of the average citizen of Europe. Any such expenses by our original intent does not hold justification in today’s economic situation. 3.Such a need for Europe no longer exists.-The USSR has been dissolved along with its client states[6], so that the original threat that precipitated the creation of NATO no longer exists.-There now exists a European Union[7]. Since the purpose of NATO was to provide a united front against the Soviet threat, and essentially the EU is a united front by its nature such a mechanism no longer is needed.-The EU has a military contingency plan[8]. Since The EU has within its frame work a defence plan, NATO would be redundant.The entire premise and need for NATO at our present time has been negated. It remains an unnecessary and redundant organization. Furthermore without a unifying common cause, the membership of the alliance is baseless. If a new common cause were to be manufactured, it would be difficult to justify the current membership at the exclusion of other interested parties.NATO is anachronistic in its existence, it is extra constitutional in its power to the executive branch, and exerts imprudent resources and authority with less than clear objectives. 1.http://www.history.com......2.http://www.worldology.com......3.Expansion and Coexistence by Adam Ulam, pages 189 – 191 http://www.amazon.com......4. http://en.wikipedia.org......5.http://en.wikipedia.org......6.hthttp://europa.eu.......7.htmtp://www.coldwar.org......8.http://www.consilium.europa.eu......