Originally Posted by
pr00ne
Have you ever heard of a thing called NATO, and Article 5?
Nothing in the articles prohibit coming to the aid of a non-NATO state. Indeed, nation states have supremacy over their actions, not NATO. Any nation state can chose to help another in such circumstances, even one that is also part of NATO. We, the UK, have conducted numerous operation in recent years outside of the NATO umbrella. Indeed, I can only think of 2 that have ever been under NATO and only 1 under article 5.
The balance is between the dignity and integrity in defending a fellow democracy vs the risk of further escalation. Tricky, for sure.