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Zelenskiy to Push US for NATO Invite, Weapons Guarantees (www.bloomberg.com)

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Looks like the latest plan is to demand that Ukraine joins NATO so they can invoke article 5. I doubt that will happen because it would basically mean either going directly to war with Russia or admitting that article 5 is meaningless.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

That's correct, article 5 doesn't actually stipulate that members must engage militarily. Each country can decide on its level of support independently. However, what matters is perception. Currently, western public believes that article 5 is an ironclad guarantee that NATO members will be collectively defended. If a NATO member is left to hang, then it becomes clear that being a member of NATO doesn't actually provide any meaningful protection. At that point NATO is exposed as the protection racket that it is.