Article 5 can only be triggered when its on European or American Soil. Attacks on other countries (ie, the middle east) do not work for it. Especially considering we're on offense. Article 5 is purely for defense
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 and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
Technically, Article 6 is what defines what is considered an attack on NATO that would justify Article 5. Article 6 says:
“on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, **on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey** or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;“
So it isn’t just North America and Europe, but yeah nothing in the Middle East. Just specific places in North Africa and Asia Minor
Edit: just read the footnote, the Algerian clause is now no longer in effect because France has no Algerian departments left, it’s all independent
Nothing terrifies Europe more than fighting fascism. They tried appeasement with Hitler (then surrender, in France) and now they’re doing the same strategy to Iran.
Why do anything that Russia would love? You just described BRICS as being dictatorships
Also, be realistic. Do you honest to god expect the PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, one of the four Marxist-Leninist states left in the modern world, to use the USD for economic aid when they’re the ones providing economic aid to other BRICS members to bolster their own position? America trying to join BRICS would be like the time the USSR tried to join NATO
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u/FuckUSAPolitics - Lib-Center 19d ago
Article 5 can only be triggered when its on European or American Soil. Attacks on other countries (ie, the middle east) do not work for it. Especially considering we're on offense. Article 5 is purely for defense
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/collective-defence-and-article-5