”As for Article 5, which declares that allies shall regard an armed attack against one of them “as an armed attack against all,” that same article also makes clear that it is up to each ally “to take such action as it deems necessary.” Simply sending helmets or night-vision goggles fits within that literal definition.
In other words, there are many ways to erode NATO — or at least U.S. commitment to collective defense. That is the reality staring America’s allies in the face.”
Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center. Politico.eu