(March 17, 2026 at 4:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(March 17, 2026 at 4:07 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Interestingly enough, the state of Hawaii is not covered under Article 5.
It is kind of a stepchild of Article 5, though. Article 4 mandates consultation when a member state feels their territories are being threatened
In the olden days (pre-Trump) I couldn’t imagine an attack on Hawaii not leading to the Article 4 consultations followed in short order by Article 5 actions. Now, I’m not so sure.
Boru
Right, there's niggles that would likely (especially after Afghanistan's precedent) result in NATO action all the same, through a more-convoluted process. Perhaps in 1948-49 the putative member-states assumed that no NATO country would be adding to national territory any more? I'd think Alaska would fall under the same Art. 4 situation.
I don't know and can't say, that's just a first-approximation guess.
