?WATCH: 77 Years Ago Today, NATO Was Created to Defend the West—But Is It? 77 years ago, on April 4, 1949, the NATO treaty was signed. The alliance, known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was created to deter Soviet expansion and ensure collective security among Western nations. For decades, it succeeded in that mission. However, today’s geopolitical landscape raises a more complicated question: not whether the United States should leave NATO, but whether the alliance, in its current form, still serves American interests fairly. Recent tensions surrounding Iran have exposed a persistent imbalance. While the United States continues to...