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Europe urged to form 'European NATO' as Article 5 is 'dead' amid rising WW3 fears
Express Newspapers ^ | Mon, Mar 3, 2025 | James Knuckey

Posted on 03/03/2025 3:23:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

A British Army officer turned MP has warned NATO’s Article 5 is “effectively dead” and says Europe needs to form its own alliance without the US. Lib Dem MP Mike Martin, who sits on the Defence Committee, says the Government needs to reconsider its faith in Article 5 - the cornerstone of NATO security.

The Afghanistan veteran says Europe must develop its own collective alliance, dubbed EATO, led by Britain or France as the continent’s two sole nuclear powers. He told the Express: “What I would like to see is a serious assessment as to whether they [the Government] think Article 5 is dead. I think it is and so do our European allies. And if that is the case, the next logical progression is collective defence in Europe under British leadership, because it’s either got to be us or the French.”

Faith in the US among the Western allies has eroded following comments made by the Trump administration, Mr Martin argued, and the situation is only likely to have worsened after the US President’s explosive row with Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House.

He added: “You’ve got to have confidence in it [Article 5] to rely on it and there’s no confidence now. Therefore it is effectively dead.”

His comments echoed those made by incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who warned NATO could cease to exist in its current form, with Europe taking care of its own defence.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; European Union; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Russia; Ukraine; United Kingdom; War
KEYWORDS: 666; article5; eussr; fakenews; fourthreich; jamesknuckey; mikemartin; molotovribbentrop; newmolotovribbentrop; tds; thebeast; ukraineisntnato
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1 posted on 03/03/2025 3:23:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Go for it!


2 posted on 03/03/2025 3:24:02 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Article 5 does not require a military response when invoked.


3 posted on 03/03/2025 3:24:34 PM PST by Az Joe (We can't spare President Trump; He fights!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Europe realy wants a war fought by Americans. Time for NATO to die.


4 posted on 03/03/2025 3:25:25 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Excellent!

500,000,000 Europeans do not need 330,000,000 Americans to defend them from 140,000,000 Russians


5 posted on 03/03/2025 3:25:33 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wow, this is 5D chess.


6 posted on 03/03/2025 3:26:35 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: dfwgator

Where’s that gif from the other day? LMAO


7 posted on 03/03/2025 3:28:23 PM PST by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Yep


8 posted on 03/03/2025 3:28:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Jeff Chandler

He says name it EATO, I like FAGGO better!


9 posted on 03/03/2025 3:29:17 PM PST by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: MNJohnnie
500,000,000 Europeans do not need 330,000,000 Americans to defend them from 140,000,000 Russians

I saw that quote too from the Prime Minister of Poland!

10 posted on 03/03/2025 3:29:20 PM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: armourenthusiast

BEANO


11 posted on 03/03/2025 3:29:39 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: MinorityRepublican

Call it MATH Mediterranean Attack Team Homos.


12 posted on 03/03/2025 3:30:00 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: wildcard_redneck

(amid rising WW3 fears)

Mark 13:1-10
Christian Standard Bible

Destruction of the Temple Predicted

1 As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”

2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another—all will be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

3 While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, 4 “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?”

5 Jesus told them, “Watch out that no one deceives you.

6 Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many.

7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed; these things must take place, but it is not yet the end.

8 For Nation will rise up against Nation, and Kingdom against Kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Persecutions Predicted

9 “But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

10 And it is necessary that the Gospel be preached to all nations.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+13%3A1-10&version=CSB


13 posted on 03/03/2025 3:30:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Out of Paris Climate Accords, and out of NATO. Shaking the chains of these Euro-Communists is feeling really, really, really good. I never thought I would see this country regain sanity.


14 posted on 03/03/2025 3:32:12 PM PST by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy. )
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To: libertylover; MNJohnnie
I saw that quote too from the Prime Minister of Poland!

Why that dirty prime minister -- stealing from MNJohnnie.

15 posted on 03/03/2025 3:32:19 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: wildcard_redneck

The vultures of global tyranny are circling.

A buzzard can break a front windshield on a truck.These goons are gonna fight us to their last breath. I’ll say it again, if you want me to.


16 posted on 03/03/2025 3:32:58 PM PST by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Going to be fun watching the euros coming up with 5% or more of their GDP to raise a military.


17 posted on 03/03/2025 3:33:19 PM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: MinorityRepublican
EATO's new mascot: Not as fast-not as cool.
18 posted on 03/03/2025 3:33:56 PM PST by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: McGavin999

Going to be fun watching the euros coming up with 5% or more of their GDP to raise a military.


Or trying to go without Russian oil and gas.


19 posted on 03/03/2025 3:34:09 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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20 posted on 03/03/2025 3:34:50 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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