Canada is in NATO. NATO countries are obligated to defend Canada if it is attacked.
I really wouldn’t bank in that.
Most nations are also required to prevent or punish genocide when they recognize it. And yet…
- US attacks Canada.
- ???
- US attacks itself in confusion
US will likely leave the NATO within the next three years.
Cyprus was in NATO.
Before they were invaded.
It actually wasn’t.
Except when it’s been members, maybe?
how naive can you be?
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Article 5 isn’t voluntary.
NATO’s Article 5 is consistent with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which recognises that a state that is the victim of an armed attack has the inherent right to individual or collective self-defence, and may request others to come to its assistance. Within the NATO context, Article 5 translates this right of self-defence into a mutual assistance obligation.
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/collective-defence-and-article-5
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Thank you for posting primary sources, it’s so rarely done.
“may request others” doesn’t make it sound very obligatory. The actual obligation as written is for each nation to take “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force”, leaving it up to each nation to decide for themselves what is necessary.
What exactly is Canada going to do to other NATO countries that don’t respond sufficiently? There is no penalty clause.
Funny. You seemed to have completely ignored the part where it finishes with “mutual assistance obligation”. Or maybe you just didn’t read far enough.
Care to try again?
Maybe you’ll believe the Center for European Policy Analysis
The Article 5 wording is vague. It states that an attack against one member “shall be considered an attack against them all.” What is quoted less often is that each member state only has an obligation to take “such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force.”
In other words, Article 5 does not commit member states to deploy military assets if an ally is attacked. It only commits them to some form of response.
But, what do they know anyways?
Did you miss where “mutual assistance” is completely undefined. I’ll stick with my original answer. I’m sure NATO will come right to Canada’s assistance with an angry condemnation of US aggression at the UN.
Laws with no penalty clauses aren’t really laws, they are suggestions. Penalty clauses that can’t be enforced would be worthless anyways. Article 5 is an aspersion, nothing more.
It isn’t voluntary.
Haven’t you learned by now that rules mean nothing? It doesn’t matter what a piece of paper says that nations have to do, what matters is what they will do
We need to become nuclear armed. For a nation of this size to prevent a US coup, there is no other option. Trump does not respect anything but force and the world has been unable to teach him any other lesson.
Maybe the brits can help us out.
Let’s just cut to the chase and nuke ourselves. That’s where that ends, and at least they don’t get anything.
Canada’s only option is not to aspire to defend against America but to make any attempt so costly that even a victory would end in ruin.
The lesson is we need to be ready for war
Substack enables Nazis like Trump. Don’t give them clicks.
It’s an article by Charlie Angus, former NDP member of Parliament of Canada. He is somebody Canadians can trust and is definitely not a Nazi.
In the same sense that we call twitter a nazi platform without accusing everybody using it of being a nazi, same logic applies here.
I’ve heard the roman alphabet is exclusively used when Nazis write online… True defenders of freedom only use ____________
You might be on to something, if the roman alphabet was owned by a corporation that’s actively encouraging and profiting off said nazis
Should move his blog off of the Nazi enabling platform.
Is he on Mastodon or another spineless politician only on X, Instagram and Facebook?
Edit: Also never called the author a Nazi. Substack are for platforming and enabling monetization of Nazi content.
You suggest Mr. Angus is spineless for not having a Mastodon account and I take issue with that…
He has stepped up to call for US boycotts and to organize the Canadian resistance. In fact I’d call him one of the few Canadians who have shown their spine and used their position to bring the idea of a resistance movement to the masses. He’s amplified his message now collaborating with Meidas Touch Network.
It’s true that Substack isn’t the best platform of this type, there are better alternatives, and Nazis and many nasty people use it and profit from it. However, quibbling over this platform Mr. Angus uses in a way that dismisses his works frankly is quite irritating to me. Excuse me for venting frustration at you. Link to Mr. Angus’ Youtube Channel as an alternative
I suggested the majority of politicians are spineless and are refusing to get up from the Nazi table or leave American oligarchs corporate media. Calling for American boycotts while also refusing to leave their tech/platforms is still fucking hypocritical.
Even if someone does something you approve of you can still criticize their hypocrisy.
Now please take your irritation out on some Nazis or .ml tankies instead.
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Who the fuck is says to “lock her up”? Who is her in this context? And are you serious that oblivious to what’s going on at .ml?
This conversation is about Substack enabling the monetization of Nazis and the people using their services propping them up.
Go take your meds old mad. It’s not 2025 anymore.
His Bluesky: @charlieangus104.bsky.social
He currently links on Mastodon: @charlieangus.substack.com@web.brid.gy
+1
It’s be like Nazi opposition only participating in debates set up by Nazis to foil them. They should at least validate the alternatives with their presence.
What’s the deal with Substack that makes it a Nazi enabling platform?
They refuse to take down Nazi content. Instead they enable Nazis to be monetized and to spread their hate.
Thanks for the info.
What do you expect? They want to make money.
I expect non Nazis to grow a spine and to leave the platform that benefit and enrich Nazis once it’s been made public.
I expect people to want to kill Nazis and not lick their boots.
I agree that Charlie should leave substack.
I’m saying that substack allows Nazis on their platform because substack wants money and have no morals.
Yes, hence my original comment saying don’t give them clicks, they are Nazis.
Would RSS feeds count as clicks? RSS feeds request the page content so it can display locally but you don’t visit the website directly.
Maduro and Trump are friends
Maduro gets to escape his country and save face instead of being assassinated or executed.
Trump gets to manufacture a conflict so he can start martial law and become a dictator, and to distract from us learning he came inside little girls.
