[greedo]

Keeping the FRG from getting nukes wasn't part of NATO strategy. The succinct reason for NATO was to keep the Soviets from marching to the Atlantic. The more pragmatic was expressed as "Keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

[trhway]

You're overlooking the fact that Europe started 2 World Wars and keeping Europe at peace was a major NATO goal.

[greedo]

Hence the part about "...the Germans down."

[PearlRiver]

The whole point of NATO was always to present a united front. Even the slightest HINT of doubt could embolden the enemy to test resolve.

And at this point NATO has pretty much collapsed. Trump turned his back on Ukraine and nobody wants to join operation Epstein Fury.