Former U.S. envoys and commanders say NATO is vital to American security

Eight former American ambassadors to NATO and eight former American supreme commanders in Europe issued a joint letter calling the alliance “the cornerstone of United States national security” and “vital” to preserving American global interests. The bipartisan group, who served under every president from 1997 until last year, argued that NATO enhances U.S.

power and influence. They stressed that NATO is “far from being a charity,” instead a “force-multiplier” that lets the United States project power “in ways that would be impossible — or prohibitively expensive — to achieve on its own.” The signatories said the alliance and American forces in Europe provide the basis for U.S.

operations “in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia,” and that “the real value of NATO lies in the deployment of non-U.S. resources in support of U.S. security objectives,” including securing global trade routes.

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