Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: stanne
When has NATO ever said a word about our foreign invesion

The only time NATO agreed to invoke its Article 5 to come to the aid of a member state was on September 12, 2001. Guess who made the request?
5 posted on 03/03/2025 6:44:46 AM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]


To: Dr. Franklin

That was largely a PR exercise. America didn’t actually need military aid from Europe and there wasn’t much in fact. The only ones who did much real fighting at all were the Brits and theirs was limited. The rest - like the Germans for example - had to be kept in quiet out of the way places where they wouldn’t see any actual combat. Firstly as their own parliamentary report said:

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/german-soldiers-too-fat-and-drunk-to-fight/#:~:text=This%20has%20prompted%20Reinhold%20Robbe,crack%20commando%20squad%2C%20the%20KSK.

Secondly, their gear was crap and the rules of engagement imposed on them by their government meant they could only fire back if somebody was actually shooting at them first. In short, they were pretty much useless.


11 posted on 03/03/2025 8:22:46 AM PST by FLT-bird
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson