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by belter
166 days ago
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If the U.S. were to invade Denmark, Article 5 would not apply. It requires consensus, and the U.S. would never agree to collective action against itself, so any response would be blocked. Conflicts between NATO members like happened in the past between Greece and Turkey four times, while they were both part of NATO, have never triggered Article 5. The alliance is built to deter external attacks, not wars among its own members. In practice, after such a move, you can be sure that not a single ASML machine would ever be sold to the U.S. again. |
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https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/coll...
> if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, ... will assist the Party ... attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force,
"Each" and "individually" imply to me that even if the US decides they could meet their Art 5 obligation by sending a strongly worded letter to themselves, every other NATO member, invoking the right of collective self-defence, should forthwith assist DK with armed force.