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Off Topic / Re: Ukraine
« on: August 31, 2014, 09:13:25 am »Article 5;
"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, [...] , 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."
Article 6 then species what is considered an attack;
"For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack:
- on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France, on the territory of or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;
- on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer."
For the full thing: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty
I see not much has changed since WWI. That's comforting.
EDIT: No need for me to double post. This image from Canada 52 years ago still applies today.
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Actually no that would be tragic. Now I'm crying.
