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> Afghanistan was not an offensive war but mutual defense invoked over article 5. We can debate whether that covered the duration of the war, but when article 5 was invoked it was not seen as controversial nor viewed as an offensive war.

I have heard this said before, but it was never explained to me how invading another country is considered defense and not offense.

[type0]

That's basically the argument Putin is using for invading Ukraine, the best defense is offense