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[โ€“] jormaig 43 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Wouldn't this invoke NATO against the UK and demand a lot of reparations?

[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I assume you mean Article 5, and no, yes, maybe, but probably no.

Article 5's requirement is that the members convene to discuss a response to an attack, not an obligation to attack.

Furthermore, this sounds more like an even dumber dumb Watergate, but with arguably, a moral justification i.e. covert burglary, maybe even armed robbery, for vaccines contracted to the UK.

[โ€“] jormaig 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes I meant article 5 but did not remember the number ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™ˆ. Thanks!

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Article 5 has been invoked once, the US invoked it during 9/11. They asked for some extra air reconnaissance around the middle east, and basically to have allies be ready for joint action that never materialized. Article 5 is not an immediate declaration of war or anything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I always thought ISAF was the NATO 5 action.

I must admit I didnโ€™t really pay attention to the legalities back then though.

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