TonkaT sez:
"our illustrious leader could always call the bluff of George dubya, and echo his use of the NATO article about one country getting attacked and everyone else having to join in"
Unfortunately articles 5 and 6 of the NATO treaty make it clear that the mutual defence agreement only applies when an attack occurs north of the Tropic of Cancer.
Now I know that when the Falklands were invaded in 1982 the whole world uttered a collective gasp of "Huh? Where?" -- but I suspect a few more people now know where they are -- even the Yanks
