America shouldn’t need a reminder of the value of NATO

NATO General-Secretary Jens Stoltenberg was in Washington Thursday and Friday to, among other things, remind the country that NATO is a good deal for the United States. He’s right, even though President Trump doesn’t always seem to see the value in the alliance.

As Stolenberg emphasized in a speech at the Heritage Foundation, NATO is important not only to Europe but also to the United States. The three points his remarks focused on included the benefits to the U.S. of a European stability ensured by NATO, the importance of the alliances among countries with shared values of democracy and liberty, and, finally, the importance of the military strength the alliance facilitates.