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To: dfwgator
Poland is a member of NATO. An attack against one member is an attack against all.

Article 5 of the Washington Treaty:

The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security

Article 5 was invoked the first and only time after the US was attacked on 9/11. It is the reason why NATO headed our forces in Afghanistan.

77 posted on 03/18/2014 10:37:58 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
Poland is a member of NATO. An attack against one member is an attack against all.

Yeah, well, how did that alliance with England and France work out in 1939?

78 posted on 03/18/2014 10:40:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I’m just curious if Obama would get off his dead ass and defend Poland. If we’re going to go back to the cold war, we need much more competent governance than what we have now.


81 posted on 03/18/2014 10:44:25 PM PDT by virgil
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