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If United States invaded Greenland, would the other NATO countries be obliged to defend it? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Greenland is not a nato member

That's like saying your right arm isn't a human.

Greenland is simply a part of Denmark, so it is a NATO member.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's actually not that easy. Parts of countries can be actually be part or not part of international agreements - Greenland for example is not part of the EU, Denmark as such is. Same goes for a lot,but not all, French oversea territories.

In terms of Greenland this is actually bad for Greenland in hindsight as the EU defence accords are more far reaching as the NATO accords which take precedence, though.

If a Member State is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other Member States shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power, in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. This shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I stated that factually. It's not my opinion.

If that's not the case in this construct I might be wrong, fair enough.

I am not an expert on this, I just looked up nato members and Greenland is not in there.