Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jun 4, 2024
#ArticleIV, #Section4 of the U.S. Constitution states: "The #UnitedStates shall #guarantee to every #State in this #Union a #Republican Form of #Government, and shall #protect each of them against #Invasion; and on #Application of the #Legislature, or of the #Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against #DomesticViolence." (1/3)
🇺🇸 Bewickwren 🇵🇹Nov 16, 2022

Polish officials said late Tuesday they were considering asking #NATO countries to begin special high-level consultations.
Those consultations, known as #ArticleIV in reference to NATO’s founding treaty, are a step short of invoking the alliance’s mutual-defense pact, known as #ArticleV
#Poland

https://www.wsj.com/articles/missile-that-hit-poland-likely-launched-by-ukraine-in-air-defense-western-officials-say-11668589786

Missile Blast in Poland Risked Russia-NATO Clash Before Both Sides Dialed Back

Ukraine air-defense likely fired the missile, officials said, and responses from Biden and the Kremlin showed a shared wish to avoid escalation

The Wall Street Journal
politicalwriterNov 15, 2022
A missile landing on one #NATO territory is a missile landing on all NATO territories. Whether 'accidentally' or deliberately, Russia has been dropping missiles on innocent people on a daily basis, #Ukraine. We were not obliged to take military action then as U. is not a NATO Member. No-one wishes for war. But NATO is now absolutely obliged to show solidarity in diplomacy and in action. #ArticleIV. #ArticleV #NATO #Poland #War