Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tells Blinken

Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by hypertele-Xii on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:58AM (#30589319)

> NATO members don't have any obligation to defend or even really aid an attacked member.

"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all"

Every country has an obligation to defend itself when attacked. Article 5 makes an attack on any member an attack on all of them.

Short of going "fuck y'all this agreement means nothing to us" every member country has to defend against the attack as if it were on their own soil.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by xdennis on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:03PM (#30590290)

I never considered this before, but it looks like GP is right. The specific phrasing doesn't say "parties need to go to war when one is attacked". As a Romanian, it is kinda worrying that it's not straightforward.

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