Can someone please explain to me why NATO still exists? There is no longer a cold war going on, and Europe is hardly at risk of invasion any time soon. Yet the US still has over 100,000 troops in europe, and the US still foots 70 percent of the bill for NATO. What exactly is NATO defending europe from? Russia? Russia is in its current sate is in no way a threat to europe. The billions that the US spends on defending europe could be much better spent on say college for americans. It really pisses me off that I have to bust my butt to pay for school, while most people in europe can get a free education. I am not blaming europe for NATO still existing, and I know most europeans probably dont want US troops there anymore either. It is time that the US stopped wasting billions, and pulled our troops out of europe, we have been there far too long already.