And when they don’t come to Canada’s assistance? When they decide that necessary assistance is to condemn US aggression and send Canada a “get well” card?
Article 5 was written with Russia in mind. The penalty for noncompliance would be a natural consequence that Russia would feel free to pick NATO countries off one at a time. It’s entirely ineffective against a US that literally could fight off the rest of NATO if it had to.
And when they don’t come to Canada’s assistance? When they decide that necessary assistance is to condemn US aggression and send Canada a “get well” card?
Article 5 was written with Russia in mind. The penalty for noncompliance would be a natural consequence that Russia would feel free to pick NATO countries off one at a time. It’s entirely ineffective against a US that literally could fight off the rest of NATO if it had to.