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NATO could end if US takes over Greenland — Danish PM (www.dw.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
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[–] 23 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Does an invasion/attack by one NATO member trigger an Article 5 response against that country by the remainder of NATO?

I am sure that this scenario has been imagined before (ahem Greece v. Turkey)

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Unless countries like the UK and France are willing to deploy their militaries to fight US soldiers in Greenland, it doesn't matter.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Which, indeed, could mean the end of NATO. If it becomes clear that the "alliance" is basically you following the provisions when it serves the US and nobody following them when it doesn't, what's the point of all this legalese?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    France is in no condition for any war, they could at most crackdown on tiny New Caledonia but have no strenght to do anything to Sahel states. UK military is in complete shambles. So not only they are unwilling to stand to USA but unable to.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    The UK and France combined would have a problem if there was a single carrier parked in the North Atlantic. They might have a chance if all the US Carriers and subs were 2000 miles away.

    There is nothing anyone except the US can do about a US annexation of Greenland, short of Nuclear weapons.

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