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.

    • noughtnaut
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      121 month ago

      I m delighted by your comment.

      But also, isn’t the USA portion one of the only two countries over there that are (currently) a member of NATO?

    • chingadera
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      1 month ago

      Lol I live here and I gotta say, Id sign off on us being renamed to The States of America, we are the most not united thing to ever exist. We are being held together by godamn silly string and hate porn.

      • adr1anM
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        11 month ago

        With the word United in it or not, that name is still ambiguous. America is a continent, the Brits conquered the North and a nation was born.

        Meanwhile, incipient republics in the south were able to resist British Invasions with help of European Monarchies.

        Or something like that.

    • ᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ
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      141 month ago

      Looks at cartels integrating into Mexican government, giant prisons, Guantanamo Bay, everything about Argentina and Venezuela… yep doing just great. At least they got that fucker Bolsonaro out in Brasil.