Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy doesn't NATO just say hey Ukraine you can join? Ukraine is going up and holding its own against 1 bully. Wouldn't it benefit NATO to say hey we protect everyone from bullies?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down18
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squareWhy doesn't NATO just say hey Ukraine you can join? Ukraine is going up and holding its own against 1 bully. Wouldn't it benefit NATO to say hey we protect everyone from bullies?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarePika@rekabu.rulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoThen it would make such membership meaningless and will only undermine collective action within NATO?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYeah, in practice this is interpreted as as everyone must join to retaliate, except maybe in niche cases like the aggressor also being in NATO.
Then it would make such membership meaningless and will only undermine collective action within NATO?
Yeah, in practice this is interpreted as as everyone must join to retaliate, except maybe in niche cases like the aggressor also being in NATO.
It is what it is