Have the Canadians apologized yet for theit Building standing in the way?
Can this trigger an article 5 action?
Canadian embassy ceased operations in 2012 as Syrian civil war worsened
So probably no.
Damn… should have read the article and not only the title! What a clickbait!
Sure lol
Nope.
Article 5 only applies to Europe and North America
I realise that this joke was a bit rough but now that we’ re talking, isn’t Canada a part of North America? And embassies are extensions of the countries they represent?
Article 5 only applies to actions that happen in member country’s home soil or military bases in North America or Europe. So if Singapore decided to blast the USS Gerald R Ford while it transisted the Straits of Malaca, Article 5 could not be invoked. It gets a bit fuzzy with the Middle East though.
Article 5: “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain
Article 5 specifies that the attack itself must occur in Europe or North America.
I reality, i doubt anyone at NATO would really care about that technicality, but another user pointed out the Canadian embassy hadn’t seen use in 12 years or something like that
I honestly don’t know, it’s an interesting distinction.
I wouldn’t think so though, all the countries in nato are in Europe or North America so I wouldn’t see the point of the exception.
If we follow Trudeau’s trend as of late, he is likely to blame this on Russia. He seems to blame external and internal threats and simple fuck ups of his administration all on Russia. He would blame China but he is currently embroiled in an ineptitude scandal where China helpep manipulate elections, seemingly mostly in his party’s favour. Despite the point of it was to seemingly vote CCP friendly MP’s/politcians from differents parties, details are skerchy. Investigations on it continue, but the Liberals are stalling, for exact cause unknown.
Point is that it would be good if he stated that Israel doing this is not alright at all, but he won’t. Even if an activation of Article 5 was never on the table. Which is understandable.
