NATO immediately loses all credibility. Otherwise, nothing much.
NATO was founded as a defensive pact against the Soviet Union.
The only time it was ever used was as a tool by the US to force other countries to join the war in Afghanistan.
Article 5 isn’t an automatism that forces all members to start an all-out war. They’re still sovereign.
Technically it was never used, that the three-ish nations provided troops and something like 40-ish nations provided logistics voluntarily, off the top of my head.
While the USA was attacked on 9/11, the attackers being unclear made it difficult to evoke a full NATO response.
A full NATO response would look very very different.
NATO immediately loses all credibility. Otherwise, nothing much.
NATO was founded as a defensive pact against the Soviet Union.
The only time it was ever used was as a tool by the US to force other countries to join the war in Afghanistan.
Article 5 isn’t an automatism that forces all members to start an all-out war. They’re still sovereign.
Technically it was never used, that the three-ish nations provided troops and something like 40-ish nations provided logistics voluntarily, off the top of my head.
While the USA was attacked on 9/11, the attackers being unclear made it difficult to evoke a full NATO response.
A full NATO response would look very very different.