At a recent meeting of Germany's legislature, Angela Merkel reflected upon President Trump's insistence that the member nations of the military alliance NATO should update their financial commitments to its support.
It is certainly the case that any sovereign nation should have its own military units to defend itself and protect its borders. But it is also true that NATO, as a military alliance, is promoting peace in Europe.
Her discussion caused me to think the usefulness of a singular country's military when multi-nations are threatened. We've gone far since World War II in our understanding of the usefulness and deployment of military alliances to counter the rise of despots, dictators, hostile groups and nations who would disturb the peace and tranquility of what world order there is.
Now it is true that the United States has a mighty military whose tentacles of power reach far beyond US shores. I, and others who argue that its influence has netted more peaceful conditions among the world's populations, note well that it is committed to works together in military alliances to end conflict and political strife wherever they occur. The US military pursues peace through military intervention accompanied by political negotiations toward cessation of armed conflict.
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