Comments by "Barry On" (@barryon8706) on "What Just Happened in Poland: How will NATO Respond?" video.

Because accidents happen and usually don't lead to wars. The Spanish-American War being a possible exception.
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@randydrew66 It means an attack on one is considered an attack on all. Accidental missile strikes need not be considered an attack. Also, article 5 doesn't actually require an armed response, just "such action as [the member state] deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area." So if a member of NATO doesn't consider armed force necessary, they could just write a strongly-worded letter and be done with it.
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@randydrew66 Not the nation attacked -- every member nation decides how they react to an attack on another. They have to do something, but maybe not force. So if Russia invades Poland, France could say, "We're going to protest and stage mass die-ins under the Eiffel Tower until Russia surrenders," and the US could decide, "Time to send in all the nukes at Putin personally."
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@randydrew66 Because they probably will attack in defense of a member, if it's in Europe or North America, if that member hasn't initiated it. If Poland decided to invade Belarus and Russia responded in Belarus's defense, NATO would probably do little more than it has for Ukraine. But if Russia tried to annex Poland it'd probably be WW3.
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@randydrew66 Russia does have reason not to use nukes; they're not the only ones who have nukes. Russia may have more nukes than anyone else, but a lot of nations have enough nukes to run Russia into The Area Formerly Known as Russia. Russia can lose in Ukraine without using nukes, too. It lost in Afghanistan without nuking anyone. So did the U.S.
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@randydrew66 Ukraine isn't vital to Russia. And, again, Russia having more nukes doesn't mean much. Say you shoot me with 20 guns and I shoot you with 12. We're both pretty dead regardless, right?
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@randydrew66 Taiwan isn't that important to China, either. China has survived without Taiwan for decades and will continue to do so. China just doesn't have the dollar reserves to tank the dollar. The US ran a $1 trillion deficit already just last year. And if the US just canceled all debts to China, it'd probably end up better off than before. And many countries have reserves in dollars -- it's the de facto standard global reserve currency. So almost everyone take s a hit.
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@randydrew66 Almost no other country uses the dollar as their currency. They have reserves of the dollar.
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@randydrew66 You just keep reaching for that win.😃
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@randydrew66 If you say so.
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