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No, of course they wouldn’t make such pressure official. But it’s not exactly a secret that the U.S. arms industry has a lot of political pull. Not hard to imag
by mikl 4y ago
No, of course they wouldn’t make such pressure official. But it’s not exactly a secret that the U.S. arms industry has a lot of political pull. Not hard to imagine that such pull extends to “helping” NATO subjects to pick the right suppliers.
As for article 5, that might explain the second gulf war and/or Afghanistan, but certainly not the first gulf war, Libya or Syria.
Whenever Uncle Sam says “jump”, you’ll see all the small NATO states lining up to ask “How high?”.
- gggggg5 4y ago>As for article 5, that might explain the second gulf war and/or Afghanistan No it wouldn't. The Article 5 invocation resulted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Assist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Assist and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Active_Endeavour, that's all. >Whenever Uncle Sam says “jump”, you’ll see all the small NATO states lining up to ask “How high?”. Consider that small NATO states want to partake in this stuff because it offers their forces an opportunity to gain experience.