NATO
Nato stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Nato is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. Nato consists of 28 members Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. In Nato member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. To me I think the average american people felt that Nato would make them feel safer because Nato requires member to come to the aid of any member subject to an armed attack.