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For one, Macron cannot speak for the entire NATO block, and secondly, NATO rules say one member must be attacked to justify a military response. As long as Rus

For one, Macron cannot speak for the entire NATO block, and secondly, NATO rules say one member must be attacked to justify a military response. As long as Russia doesn't engage any NATO members how can he justify direct NATO deployment? And even ignoring all that, how will his voters react knowing he'll be sending their sons in a war their country is not directly involved in? Not well I imagine.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> For one, Macron cannot speak for the entire NATO block, He's not pretending to,he is advocating to the rest of the alliance, not speaking for it. > and secondly, NATO rules say one member must be attacked to justify a military response. No, they don't. Article 5 is a conmitment, but not the exclusive means in which NATO can launch military action. NATO has engaged in military action under Article 5 mutual defense commitments once, several times as a consequence of Article 4 regional security discussions, and other times as a joint command for members acting under UN resolutions.