Originally Posted by
Beamr
Tashengurt: Poland and Lithuania are already NATO countries, so use of article 5 does not mean expansion to east.
Using article 5 in case little green unpatched men enter polish/lithuanian soil would be entirely sound.
Well, it would hardly be relevant if they weren't would it?
My point is that Putin will use any military moves by NATO to 'prove' that the Eastern nations were only accepted into NATO to allow for aggressive expansionism.