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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by stoltzmann on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:48AM (#31351502)
The issue with kicking out members is that it starts a precedent. The idea is that NATO got your back if you're in, you won't get kicked out if your membership starts being inconvenient, and that the other members will act when Article 5 is invoked.
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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by ajrbyers on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:41AM (#31351978)
This argument goes both ways though, I suppose. NATO has your back and you have to have NATO's back. If Hungary start dicking about then things wont go well for them, I think.
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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:20AM (#31355473)
> idea is that NATO got your back if you're in, you won't get kicked out if your membership starts being inconvenient, and that the other members will act when Article 5 is invoked

None of that is violated by kicking someone out before they are attacked.

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Re:Finland will seek NATO membership immediately by mcv on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:17PM (#31358967)
Kicking someone out who is really counting on NATO would make them incredibly vulnerable, though.
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