58 sats \ 13 replies \ @kristapsk 9 Jul \ on: Argentina To Join NATO!? news
How can Argentina join NATO if it's "North Atlantic Treaty Organization"? Member states of NATO are not obligated to come to the defence of territory south of the Tropic of Cancer. Best they could become is a global partner.
The books are closed. Not accepting any new members
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Not really. But new potential NATO members are limited to Europe.
See Article 10 of the Treaty:
The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area to accede to this Treaty. Any State so invited may become a Party to the Treaty by depositing its instrument of accession with the Government of the United States of America. The Government of the United States of America will inform each of the Parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession.
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what is "instrument of accession"?
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Formal document, where state asks that it wants to join NATO. Name likely comes from partition of India in 1947 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession).
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US Senate must approve with 2/3 super majority
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See Article 10 of the Treaty.
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and every member is supposed to spend 2% of GDP on defense
only 6 of 32 members are meeting this provision
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Yes, but that's different, that agreement between member states is not part of the Treaty document. It's just promise by countries.
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It is an offensive club devoid of any legitimacy after the Warsaw pact was dissolved. Warmongers keep NATO alive and justify their bloated bureaucracy by making up new villains to bomb. The only hope for peace is to sat no to NATO and US and starve the beast until it dies
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And there will be no peace in Europe if nobody will seriously confront Russia.
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devoid of any legitimacy after the Warsaw pact was dissolved
NATO was established six years before Warsaw pact (1949 v 1955).
Can you give examples of "making up new villains to bomb"? Most NATO missions have been either response to attacks or UN sanctioned missions.
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