Originally Posted by
uxb99
I thought the point in NATO was to stand together.
So why do countries have to make decisions themselves such as UK, Finland?
Shouldn't the UK make the proposal. Have it agreed in NATO and then NATO states "We will protect Finland etc"?
The point being no one country can then be singled out for retaliation.
If we have to make these decisions our selves (on behalf of NATO) because presumably NATO won't what's the point in NATO?
There is no mechanism to propose, or indeed come to an agreement for NATO to protect a third country. NATO is solely there as a defensive mechanism that binds other members to come to
the aid of a meme et who is attacked. If the NATO country was the one who started the attack, NATO protection isn’t enacted and the country is on its own.