Not “Very, Very Clear.” Kaja Kallas Is Wrong About NATO Article 5. President Trump Is Correct- It Is Deliberately Vague. Why Were Zelensky, Costa, Von Der Leyen In Photograph?
Not “Very, Very Clear.” Kaja Kallas Is Wrong. President Trump Is Correct. NATO Article 5 Does Not Require “all for one and one for all” Response. The EU High Representative Should Read The Text- Which Was Designed To Be Vague- By The United States.
Annoying President Trump? Why Were President Zelensky Of Ukraine, Antonio Costa Of European Council, And Ursula Von Der Leyen Of European Commission In NATO Member Photograph? Ukraine, EC, EU Are Not Members Of NATO. Neither Mrs. Von Der Leyen Nor Mr. Costa Are Heads Of State Or Heads Of Government- Where Is Their Army?
President Zelensky In The NATO Member Photograph Only Further Feeds Delusional Aspirations About Ukraine Becoming Soon A Member Of NATO. The More He Pushes For It, The More Resolute Becomes The Position By President Trump Against It.
“Article 5 is about when an attack on one is an attack on all. It's very, very clear.” Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, a Vice President of the Brussels, Belgium-based European Commission (EC)
“It depends on your definition. There’s numerous definitions of Article 5. You know that, right? But I’m committed to being their friends. You know, I’ve become friends with many of those leaders, and I’m committed to helping them. I’m committed to saving lives. I’m committed to life and safety. And I’m going to give you an exact definition when I get there. Just don’t want to do it in the back of an airplane.” Donald Trump, President of the United States (2017-2021 and 2025-2029)
Article 5 does not require any member to invoke a military response.
From NATO- Article 5
“With the invocation of Article 5, Allies can provide any form of assistance they deem necessary to respond to a situation. This is an individual obligation on each Ally and each Ally is responsible for determining what it deems necessary in the particular circumstances.”
“This assistance is taken forward in concert with other Allies. It is not necessarily military and depends on the material resources of each country. It is therefore left to the judgment of each individual member country to determine how it will contribute. Each country will consult with the other members, bearing in mind that the ultimate aim is to “to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.””
“At the drafting of Article 5 in the late 1940s, there was consensus on the principle of mutual assistance, but fundamental disagreement on the modalities of implementing this commitment. The European participants wanted to ensure that the United States would automatically come to their assistance should one of the signatories come under attack; the United States did not want to make such a pledge and obtained that this be reflected in the wording of Article 5.”
Members of the Brussels, Belgium-based North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Albania, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Romania, Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, Turkiye, Latvia, and North Macedonia, Sweden.
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