Defense Pact Quotes

Japan used to beat China routinely in wars. You know that, right? Japan used to beat China, they routinely beat China. Why are we defending? You know the pact we have with Japan is interesting. Because if somebody attacks us, Japan does not have to help.If somebody attacks Japan, we have to help Japan.

NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable.

Turkey's a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey.

The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them.

The pact we have with Japan is interesting. Because if somebody attacks us, Japan does not have to help. If somebody attacks Japan, we have to help Japan.

The United States understands that under the statement in the preamble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to join in any defense.

The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.

The security of Western Europe rests ultimately on the trustworthiness of the American commitment.

In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence and which the Polish Government accordingly considered it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all support in their power. They have given the Polish Government an assurance to this effect. I may add that the French Government have authorized me to make it plain that they stand in the same position in this matter.

The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

If Estonia or any member-state was invaded and Article V was not invoked, NATO will fall apart. If it fails once, the alliance will no longer exist.

I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.