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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  NATO went to Afghanistan. France (part of NATO) was so against Iraq that they wouldn’t let the US use its bases for refueling. American politicians officially renamed French Fries to Freedom fries because they were mad at France and other members of NATO did not support Iraq and sent no troops.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Technically NATO has never been mobilized anywhere, but when multiple NATO members go somewhere we call it a NATO operation.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in its history after the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

      www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_110496.htm#%3A~….

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      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yes but neither Iraq or Afghanistan were responsible for those attacks so NATO has never been mobilized. The US invasion of Iraq, as you already stated before, was not agreed upon by several NATO members including France.

        NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) is currently lead by France.

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