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The issue with kicking out members is that it starts a precedent. The idea is that NATO got your back if you're in, you won't get kicked out if your membership
by stoltzmann 4y ago
The issue with kicking out members is that it starts a precedent. The idea is that NATO got your back if you're in, you won't get kicked out if your membership starts being inconvenient, and that the other members will act when Article 5 is invoked.
- ajrbyers 4y agoThis argument goes both ways though, I suppose. NATO has your back and you have to have NATO's back. If Hungary start dicking about then things wont go well for them, I think.
- hemreldop 4y ago
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> idea is that NATO got your back if you're in, you won't get kicked out if your membership starts being inconvenient, and that the other members will act when Article 5 is invoked None of that is violated by kicking someone out before they are attacked.
- mcv 4y agoKicking someone out who is really counting on NATO would make them incredibly vulnerable, though.