“I thought the deal was that if a NATO country is invaded, the others will defend it.”
It doesn’t have to be an invasion. Article 5 can be invoked over any kind of attack. We invoked in on 9/11 and that was not an invasion, but a terrorist attack, from a non-state actor.
NATO will not go to war over Turkey, as Turkey is a bad actor and everyone knows it. I think this article is full of BS misinformation. I don’t believe Putin wants war. I think he’s worried about the worldwide instability that is the direct result of America’s weakness and he needs to maintain his support at home. I think there are elements in our own government, particularly in the State Dept, that take very personally Putin’s antipathy towards the homosexual movement.