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United States Not Obligated to Go to War by NATO Treaty
The New American
November 17, 2022
With a missile explosion in Poland — a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) — initially blamed on Russia (incorrectly, it turned out, as the missile was determined to have come from Ukraine), the specter of war with a nuclear-armed country should alarm every American.
After all, as is so often said, Article V of the NATO agreement obligates the United States to go to war against any non-NATO nation attacking a NATO member. Or at least that is what most people think.
Article V states, “The Parties agree than 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 recognised 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.
While this appears to obligate the United States, and all other NATO members, to go to war should one of its members be attacked, that is not actually the case.
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Full Article:
https://thenewamerican.com/united-states-not-obligated-to-go-to-war-by-nato-treaty/
Related News:
Prevent Unconstitutional Wars: Get US Out! of NATO
https://jbs.org/alert/get-us-out-of-nato/
The New American
November 17, 2022
With a missile explosion in Poland — a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) — initially blamed on Russia (incorrectly, it turned out, as the missile was determined to have come from Ukraine), the specter of war with a nuclear-armed country should alarm every American.
After all, as is so often said, Article V of the NATO agreement obligates the United States to go to war against any non-NATO nation attacking a NATO member. Or at least that is what most people think.
Article V states, “The Parties agree than 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 recognised 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.
While this appears to obligate the United States, and all other NATO members, to go to war should one of its members be attacked, that is not actually the case.
...
Full Article:
https://thenewamerican.com/united-states-not-obligated-to-go-to-war-by-nato-treaty/
Related News:
Prevent Unconstitutional Wars: Get US Out! of NATO
https://jbs.org/alert/get-us-out-of-nato/
