Invisibleflash
Diamond Member
It's time to shut down this nonsense being argued here by those who want Trump to invade Greenland. The excuse is that we must have Greenland in order to protect ourselves from Russia and China. That excuse is a bunch of malarkey. Why?
Collective defence and Article 5
Collective defence is NATO’s most fundamental principle. Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against them all. Since 1949, this unwavering pledge has bound together a group of like-minded countries from Europe and North America, which have committed themselves to protecting each other in a spirit of solidarity.
- Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states that an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members, and triggers an obligation for each member to come to its assistance.
- This assistance may or may not involve the use of armed force, and can include any action that Allies deem necessary to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
- NATO’s Article 5 is consistent with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which recognises that a state that is the victim of an armed attack has the inherent right to individual or collective self-defence, and may request others to come to its assistance. Within the NATO context, Article 5 translates this right of self-defence into a mutual assistance obligation.
- NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001.
- While Article 5 itself has been applied only once, it underpins all of NATO’s broader activities in the field of deterrence and defence, including the regular conduct of military exercises and the deployment of NATO’s standing military forces.
- NATO takes a 360-degree approach to collective defence, protecting against all threats from all directions.
Collective defence and Article 5
On 4 April 1949, 12 countries from Europe and North America came together in Washington, D.C. to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO’s founding treaty is not long – only 14 articles, just over 1,000 words – and its core purpose is clear and simple: a joint pledge by each country to assist the...www.nato.int
malarkey??
Tell me what negro uses that word...except a cracker pretending to be a negro?
