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Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada (charlieangus.substack.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

That's Article 51, not 5. If you read the very first thing from the link:

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.

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  • [–] -2 points 10 months ago

    And when they don't come to Canada's assistance? When they decide that necessary assistance is to condemn US aggression and send Canada a "get well" card?

    Article 5 was written with Russia in mind. The penalty for noncompliance would be a natural consequence that Russia would feel free to pick NATO countries off one at a time. It's entirely ineffective against a US that literally could fight off the rest of NATO if it had to.

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