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Old 18th Mar 2019, 19:03
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Originally Posted by melmothtw
A commitment need not always be fiscal, West Coast. The Germans and everyone else responded the only time Article 5 has ever been invoked.

Could we say the US would do the same today?
What do you have to point at that as of today the US wouldn’t respond per its commitment? Op-eds don’t count. The answer is, the US would of course respond despite certain member nation not hitting their funding target. Don’t try and find equivance in the show of solidarity post 911 with fighting off tanks crossing the border. Or rallying NATO to fight genocide within Europe for that matter.




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