Pulverize.

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Article Five the NATO charter applies? 

"Would NATO Really Hang France Out To Dry If Russia Pulverized Its Forces In Ukraine?"

"be hung out to dry:  to be in a very difficult situation where you have been abandoned by the people who previously supported you"

BY TYLER DURDEN | APRIL 07, 2024 | original article Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,

"The Wall Street Journal cited an unnamed US official on Wednesday to report that 'Macron told allies that there would be no need to involve NATO or the U.S. if Russia targeted French troops' that might conventionally deploy to Ukraine in the coming future per his infamous proposal from late February."

"While he might have indeed said that, it can’t be taken for granted that the bloc or its American leader would stand aside and let Russia pulverize their partner’s forces in that former Soviet Republic."

"It would reflect very poorly on them for one of NATO’s largest members to be defeated by their traditional adversary on a neighboring nation’s soil. Even though a French official claimed that Macron only had training missions, operating defensive systems, and cyberwarfare in mind when he tabled his proposal, Russia already promised to target any of its troops there."

Article Five the NATO charter when invoked DOES NOT necessarily mean combat intervention. Means some sort of response required but might be non-lethal rather than lethal.

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