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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59867996

German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.

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[-] orclev@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Considering that Putin got his ass absolutely beat by a small country using second hand and surplus military hardware he'd have to be an absolute moron to pick a fight with NATO. Literally the only card he has to play is nukes and that's kind of an all or nothing sort of move. If nukes are off the table any concerted push by NATO is going to be mopping up in moscow within a few months.

That's also assuming the US doesn't get serious about it, but considering Putin's puppet in the Whitehouse there's a pretty good chance the US would quit NATO and so wouldn't factor in. Even without the US though Russia has demonstrated the rest of NATO is far more than sufficient to handle Russia.

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Me too, I believe that. Anyone with half a brain believes that.

[-] fritata_fritato@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Honest question. If Russia nuked Krakow, would America retaliate with nukes? Would France? England?

I don't think so. It's not even clear nato would declare conventional war.

Mutually assured destruction only works for countries with nukes. Am alliance is no real deterance.

[-] seeigel@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

France will because it's article 42 of the EU.

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What did Kraków do to you :( Leave my city alone.

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[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago

10yrs? That long? Is Putin really that healthy? He looks like he has Cushing’s.

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

End of the decade is 31-12-2029, which is about 4.7 years away, not 10.

10 years would be "within/in/over a decade".

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