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de Adder - Boy Who Cried NATO (Original Post) dweller 4 hrs ago OP
Tragically, "the boy" apparently has no clue that NATO is a DEFENSIVE alliance. pat_k 3 hrs ago #1
Name Games The Conductor 2 hrs ago #2

pat_k

(13,258 posts)
1. Tragically, "the boy" apparently has no clue that NATO is a DEFENSIVE alliance.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:57 AM
3 hrs ago

Initiating a war of aggression, and than calling on NATO allies to join the fray, is insane.

If any member state does choose to help bail out the felon-in-chief, it will certainly NOT be out of any commitments made as part of the alliance.

https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/collective-defence-and-article-5

Collective defence and Article 5
Updated: 12 November 2025

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.

The Conductor

(199 posts)
2. Name Games
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:13 AM
2 hrs ago

Besides being defensive in construction, NATO is also in the wrong part of the world... The North Atlantic Treaty Organization would not exactly have any mandate for operation in the Indian Ocean.

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