CUDOS FOR ASKING THE QUESTION!
ONCE AGAIN OUR INVESTIGATIVE MSM DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PRESENT INFORMATION FROM NEWS STORY. REGARDING BOTH ARTICLE #4 & #5 OF NATO’s TREATY ARTICLE 4 EXPLAINED IN CONTEXT OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE.
As Zelensky apparently is already sure what happened:
i. Why does he need to send his investigators to inspect the crash site?
i. President Zelenski needed to determine if photos that appeared on “Facebook” were the actual photos of the 1-2 missiles that landed in Poland.
ii. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland “and other Allies” agreed to hold consultations under the auspices of NATO’s Article 4.
ii. What is NATO’s Article 4 and why has it been invoked?
Article 4 is one of the shortest sections of the North Atlantic Treaty. Its entire text reads as follows:
“The parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the parties is threatened.”
**In other words, if a NATO member invokes Article 4, it triggers an organization-wide consultation.
It happens when, in the official opinion of AT LEAST ONE member state’s government, the “territorial integrity” (i.e., borders), “political independence” (freedom from external political influence) or “security” of a NATO member is UNDER THREAT.
Thursday, 24 February 2022: Several outlets reported Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland “and other Allies” agreed to hold consultations under the auspices of NATO’s Article 4. A consultation will follow, during which member states will consider the best course of action.
REMEMBER: Article 4 has been invoked several times in NATO’s history
Latvia, Lithuania and Poland previously invoked NATO’s Article 4 in March 2014 in response to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
The same three NATO states considered invoking Article 4 in November 2021 following the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border.
“… REMEMBER: Article 4 has been invoked several times in NATO’s history…”
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Well, Reverend Mother, I seem to recall YOU rapidly bringing up Article 5 in answer to this “RUSSIAN ATTACK” (LOL). You no doubt had visions of spreading MADNESS AND RAGE induced by the cacophonous pounding of the WAR DRUMS DEMANDING NATO ESCALATION AND INTERVENTION.
I’m so thankful that this AMATEURISH HOAX rapidly fell apart and failed to achieve its intended reactions. Now the back story being advanced is “well, it was simply an accident but it’s still Russia’s fault”.
Reverend Mother’s incredibly fast ARTICLE 5 post (#13 in the linked thread) follows the below hot link:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4109405/posts?page=11#11
Article 5 states:
“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 recognized 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.