What is this groundhog day? This story comes out every few weeks
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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nobody accused these people of having any original ideas
lmao right?? I feel like I've been hearing this one every week since 2021. I sometimes wonder how aware he actually is
Lol yeah America is gonna be like, we have to fight our own wars and honor article 5 due to our longstanding tradition of honoring agreements and treaties. Holy shit, people are so delusional.
The only time America fights post wwii is when they think they are up against weak peasants they can obliterate.
I find it incredible how all the US vassals think they're going to be the one special case where they're somehow indispensable.
The geopolitical I can fix her.
admitting that article 5 is meaningless.
IIRC article 5 doesn't actually demand immediate military action. It demands nato members to collectively decide on a course of action, which is collectively considered best for the defence of the member in question. Aka they could just decide to continue what they are already doing - send weapons, munitions, train terror troops, provide direct Intel and targeting data, provide airfields for jets, etc. What's missing here that could be magically improved by nato membership? Nukes? Uniformed yankee soldiers on the ground?
That's correct, article 5 doesn't actually stipulate that members must engage militarily. Each country can decide on its level of support independently. However, what matters is perception. Currently, western public believes that article 5 is an ironclad guarantee that NATO members will be collectively defended. If a NATO member is left to hang, then it becomes clear that being a member of NATO doesn't actually provide any meaningful protection. At that point NATO is exposed as the protection racket that it is.
dream on zelensky