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The US is in NATO. If Russia nuked a NATO member, all NATO members would respond with force. That’s the entire point of NATO—-to deter Soviet/Russian aggression
by marcusverus 5y ago
The US is in NATO. If Russia nuked a NATO member, all NATO members would respond with force. That’s the entire point of NATO—-to deter Soviet/Russian aggression against any of its member countries. The failure of any member country to respond accordingly would be a breech of faith.
Ukraine is not in NATO. There is no obligation to intervene.
- jacquesm 5y ago> That’s the entire point of NATO—-to deter Soviet/Russian aggression against any of its member countries. No, the goal of NATO is to provide security for its members. That can be effectuated in many ways, including for instance acting on UN requests. Besides that: each NATO country is still free to act on its own, or in concert with other NATO members outside of NATO. So even if there is no obligation to intervene, there also isn't an obligation not to intervene, see the last 45 years for many examples.