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No, it doesn't. There's a huge mess associated with Article 5, but not defending Lativa is not the same thing as unwilling to defend Germany, or France, or the
by muninn_ 9y ago
No, it doesn't. There's a huge mess associated with Article 5, but not defending Lativa is not the same thing as unwilling to defend Germany, or France, or the UK, etc....
- dogma1138 9y agoIf article 5 is invoked and the US doesn't do anything then NATO is gone. After that US influence in the region is going to be pretty much gone. EU plotitians are going to be much more open to Russian world views since they will not gamble their security on US internal politics. The exact same thing happened in the Middle East under the previous administration moving Russia from a loud but mostly sidelined actor to the main stage.