• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Theoretically yes. This is an issue that has been considered before, though admittedly not with regards to fucking Greenland. Turkiye and Greece have long been enemies as well as members of NATO, and it’s been considered that the invocation of Article 5 by the aggressed-upon party against the aggressing party in case of a serious war would, theoretically, be binding on the other members of NATO.

    In practice, NATO is a gentleman’s agreement with no means of enforcement. Everything comes down to political will - NATO is just an organizational structure to facilitate a response. It cannot replace the will (or lack thereof) of national governments.

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    Side note: If this administration does invade, just accept the invite to the group chat our drunken Secretary of Defense sends you.

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      Yeah, it’s a no win. Either NATO becomes ineffective because it won’t honour it’s agreement or WW3 starts.

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    Article 5 is only an obligation to have a meeting if someone calls for a meeting. It is not as strong as propagandized.

    Greece and Turkey often have clashes and it is never a NATO issue.

    CIA pig vermin NATO chief, Rutte, said it would not be a NATO matter.

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    It’s not an easy say since Greenland is not a nato member, however it’s an autonomous state of Denmark, which is.

    Anyone’s guess, really.

    Edit: just as an addition I want to clarify I am trying to help answer the question. I wish peace for the world and especially Greenland.

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      Greenland is not a nato member

      That’s like saying your right arm isn’t a human.

      Greenland is simply a part of Denmark, so it is a NATO member.

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        I stated that factually. It’s not my opinion.

        If that’s not the case in this construct I might be wrong, fair enough.

        I am not an expert on this, I just looked up nato members and Greenland is not in there.

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      But Denmark is deemed legally to protect its autonomy which is a nato country. It’s a strange case…