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What happens if one NATO member attacks anohter?

TheCatWoman

As the title says what happens if one NATO member attacks another? WIth Trump threatening Denmark over Greenland and Panama over the canal, what would and should other NATO members do? Personally I think they could kick America out of the alliance, Trump is threatening Canada too, albeit with serious economic sanctions, but is this any less an act of war than a military option? What does he want Canada for anyway?

People think it's all just noise and that he won't do any of these things once in office, I'm not sure I believe that, I think there's every chance he will.

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  • Unfortunately, the majority of Americans are neither well educated nor well informed. This is the reason that they elected a narcissistic, amoral moron as president, twice. However, the idea that the majority of the US people would embrace imperialistic annexations of the territory of other sovereign nations, allied nations, is misplaced. 

  • in reply to Martin

    Are you sure about that Martin? What I've seen over the past years of watching America's foreign adventures, I think they're quite happy to believe that the rest of the world would welcome them with open arms, but they don't know what to do when people don't welcome them, when it costs money and lives. America seems to leap into war with it's head in a pillow, thinking all they have to do is turn up and offer maccy d's and disney and everyone will be happy.

    A majority of people may not embrace imperialism, but that dosen't mean they're not going to get it.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The Nuremburg trials of Nazi war criminals made the concept of committing war crimes due to 'just following orders', no defence. If the USA invaded Greenland or Canada, it would be breaking international law and every single participant would be open to prosecution as war criminals. Would there be chaos within the US military, would some refuse to participate? I think so, Trump would be very foolish to try, not just generally foolish, but foolish for his own wellbeing and position and he is supremely self-interested. Remember, in Vietnam, an unpopular war, American soldiers, when pushed too far killed their own officers. It became so frequent that it gained its own name, 'fragging' (from  the fragmentation grenade, the usual method).

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The Nuremburg trials of Nazi war criminals made the concept of committing war crimes due to 'just following orders', no defence. If the USA invaded Greenland or Canada, it would be breaking international law and every single participant would be open to prosecution as war criminals. Would there be chaos within the US military, would some refuse to participate? I think so, Trump would be very foolish to try, not just generally foolish, but foolish for his own wellbeing and position and he is supremely self-interested. Remember, in Vietnam, an unpopular war, American soldiers, when pushed too far killed their own officers. It became so frequent that it gained its own name, 'fragging' (from  the fragmentation grenade, the usual method).

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  • in reply to Martin

    Heh heh.

    That reminds me of a particular military excercise when an NCO had been giving me the special treatment for a few days so at the frist oportunity that presented itself I did exactly that.

    I threw a thunderflash into his foxhole just as the enemy were attacking us... ;c)

    He stopped giving me the "special treatment" after that. <GRIN>