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If United States invaded Greenland, would the other NATO countries be obliged to defend it? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 142 points 3 days ago (11 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

To your point, I think the political will to defend Greenland will definitely be there from the overwhelming majority of other NATO states.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (17 children)

Will the political will to start an actual shooting war with the US be there?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah. The invocation of Article 5 for Afghanistan showed a mixed response from the various NATO nations in what support they would provide.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Greenland is part of NATO just the same way that all other Danish territories are.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

Probably? I don't think anyone knows for sure. It's not like NATO countries have invaded each other before.

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