Wall Street Journal: Expand NATO Article 5 to Southern Hemisphere, include colonies, territories
Wall Street Journal : 💬 NATO’s self-imposed geographic limits absent the alliance from the Indo-Pacific and weaken it in the Atlantic. NATO can no longer take such risks. [That is, not supporting Britian in the Falklands War of 1982] [I]t must protect all members’ lands. Expanding Article 5 would let allies shift troops from places like the Falklands in the South Atlantic to the Russian naval threat in the north. It also would extend NATO’s deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, sending a message to China.
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