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To: D. Long who wrote (755832)	1/24/2022 2:01:40 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Respond to of 793868

it would be the entire weight of the Atlantic Alliance behind it Only if Russia attacked Ukraine. Article 5 is defensive. Yes countries can help each other out in attacks too, but NATO doesn't call for that and other countries can join in on an attack without NATO. That argument is like saying "no big deal about East Germany, its only got 100,000 troops with 400,000 with reserves, ignoring the entire Warsaw Pact behind it. NATO didn't, and wouldn't if it was still an issue now, invade East Germany because it joined the Warsaw Pact. Russia has already attacked the Ukraine and threatens to do so on a larger scale. If East Germany had been a neutral and independent country, and NATO did to it what Russia has done to Ukraine, joining the Warsaw Pact (if the pact would have them under those circumstances) would have been quite reasonable. And again this is all pretty irrelevant since without Russia's provocations Ukraine probably wouldn't even be looking to join NATO, and even with them NATO isn't looking to add Ukraine.