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Resolution 8 A Resolution to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1 WHEREAS, the original purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to 2 unify and strengthen the Western Allies military response to a possible 3 invasion of Western Europe by the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact 4 allies during the Cold War; and 5 WHEREAS, every former member of the Warsaw Pact, expect Russia, is now a member of NATO; and 6 7 WHEREAS, the fall of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact in 1991 remove the original purpose for NATO; and 8 9 WHEREAS, NATO obligates U.S. Armed Forces to defend the 28 NATO member-states 10 under Article 5 of the NATO Charter without constitutionally required 11 Congressional authorization; and 12 WHEREAS, the United States has 60,000 military personnel stationed in NATO memberstates; and 13 14 WHEREAS, the United States shoulders over 70% of NATO’s financial burden; and 15 WHEREAS, NATO is now interventionist outside the bounds of defending Western Europe; and 16 17 WHEREAS, U.S. support of NATO provide no incentive for Europe to invest in its defense; now, therefore, be it 18 19 RESOLVED, By the Congress here assembled that the United States should invoke 20 Article 13 of the NATO Charter for withdrawal from NATO as soon as 21 possible. Introduced by Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School