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I believe there is only one, the bombing of Yugoslavia.

• riku_iki 5y ago
  What about Afghanistan and Iraq?
  • bbatha 5y ago
    NATO was not involved in Iraq, though many members were under the banner of the "coalition of the willing". 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.
    • dragonwriter 5y ago
      > NATO was not involved in Iraq, though many members were under the banner of the "coalition of the willing". The “coalition of the willing” was largely propaganda; only four countries (3 of which were NATO members) were involved in the invasion.
    • rascul 5y ago
      > 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 5y ago
        That's basically the argument Putin is using for invading Ukraine, the best defense is offense
  • dragonwriter 5y ago
    Afghanistan was not an offensive NATO operation (being a direct response to an attack on a NATO member), and was supported by a unanimous UNSC Resolution (1368). NATO never conducted an offensive operation in Iraq, though some NATO members (separate from the alliance) did.
    • riku_iki 5y ago
      > Afghanistan was not an offensive NATO operation (being a direct response to an attack on a NATO member) Though Taliban didn't attack US. Also, was there any NATO due process for this? > was supported by a unanimous UNSC Resolution (1368) I think that resolution said nothing about invasion into Afghanistan..