 The story implies that, in their term, far-right forces are as big a threat to NATO as Russia or China. We're Americans! We've been kicking ass for 200 years! We're 10 and 1! At issue for many of us is the Article 5 provision, whereby an attack on one is an attack on all. Therefore, we all have to defend the one. Yet... Germany is just paying a little bit over 1%, whereas the United States in actual numbers is paying 4.2%.