NATO isn't an army, it's a defense pact. Member countries can't just launch an attack against a non-member country (especially to "protect" said non-member).
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2024
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Tell that to Bosnia. NATO can do whatever it sees fit. It's an organization that operates entirely by consensus. If they have consensus, they can do it.
Afghanistan?
Article 5 was invoked due to the 9/11 attack
Article 5 for a non state actor attack, checks out 🤡
Saudis do the attack but the Afghans get their country occupied for 20 years only for Taliban to return to rule it.
And y'all still lapring this shody logic? No wonder Genocide in Gaza is going down this smoothly.
Alright. Lets say Zelinskyy and NATO have a closed door discussion, and they decide Ukraine was going to "war" against NATO.
That war? It's Zelinskyy taking off a white glove, and using it to slap the leader of any NATO country. Just a slap in the face of a white glove, and now all of NATO needs to protect the attacked nation.
There would be no merit at all.
I'm sure Zelenskyy would be more than happy to host NATO troops in Ukraine; it is a decision of NATO nations to not deploy to Ukraine.
If NATO troops were not invited, that would likely trigger a wider war. It would also mean that the Ukrainian government becomes a NATO problem; NATO isn't as interested in nation building since Afghanistan.
or, if I’m mistaken, replace NATO with any other military alliance Ukraine would want to join
This is essentially what the Ukraine EU accession talks are about. The EU is the military alliance they want to join, and it is actually even more protective than the NATO.
So the question isn't stupid, Ukraine actually wants this, the EU is of two minds about it so far.
At best you'd end up with the Cuban missile crisis in reverse.
It could be done, but it could even more easily be done to just say Ukrane is part of NATO, and NATO will intervene if necessary to prevent further territory loss. The result would be the same. Putin doesn't care about the theatrics. He just wants the Ukrainian identity destroyed and the land to be considered Russian. It doesn't matter to him how NATO is involved beyond how much of a threat they are.