{"id":2293893,"date":"2024-07-13T03:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-hawaii-puerto-rico-and-guam-arent-covered-in-natos-defense-pact-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T03:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T07:11:14","slug":"why-hawaii-puerto-rico-and-guam-arent-covered-in-natos-defense-pact-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-hawaii-puerto-rico-and-guam-arent-covered-in-natos-defense-pact-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam aren\u2019t covered in NATO\u2019s defense pact &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-hawaii-puerto-rico-and-guam-arent-covered-in-natos-defense-pact-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200b article explains why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and\u200d Guam are not covered in NATO&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-enters-nuclear-sub-partnership-with-uk-and-australia-to-take-on-china\/\" title=\"US Enters Nuclear Sub Partnership With UK and Australia To Take on China\">defense pact<\/a>. It discusses how Article Five of the \u2064NATO treaty obligates members to view \u2064an\u200b attack\u200b on the United States as an attack on themselves, except in the case \u2064of these three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-is-israel-a-colonized-apartheid-state\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Is Israel an Apartheid State?\">territories due<\/a> to their\u2063 geographic location. Efforts are being made to include Hawaii in Article Five \u200bofficially, \u2064and recently, senators have signed a letter to clarify \u200cthis issue with the Secretary of State.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam aren\u2019t covered in NATO\u2019s defense pact<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/mike-brest\/\">Mike Brest<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-13T03:00:00-04:00\">July 13, 2024 3:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1701101\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>If the United States were attacked by an adversary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NATO<\/a> members would be obligated under Article Five of the treaty to view it as an attack on themselves \u2014 that is unless the attack occurs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hawaii<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Guam<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/puerto-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Puerto Rico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Article Six of the NATO treaty specifically lays out the geographic limitations of Article Five, which is that Article Five is only applicable if the attack occurs at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaska-lawmakers-husband-was-flying-meat-from-hunting-camp-when-crash-occurred-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Authorities say the husband of an Alaska lawmaker was flying meat from a hunting camp when the crash occurred.\">location north<\/a> of the Tropic of Cancer. Hawaii, which became a state in 1959; Guam, which became a U.S. territory in 1898; and Puerto Rico, which became a U.S. territory in 1917, are all south of that latitude.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-recruits-woke-corporations-to-invest-in-central-america-to-stop-illegal-migration\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Recruits Woke Corporations to \u2018Invest&#039; in Central America to Stop Illegal Migration\">original members<\/a> signed the NATO treaty on April 4, 1949, 75 years ago. One of the major debates the original members had while negotiating the treaty was over whether to include countries\u2019 territories. The U.S. and Canada wanted to exclude all colonial territories, while France wanted to protect its colonies, according to the NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/topics_67656.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is an effort to get Hawaii formally and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/natural-remedies-for-depression\/\" title=\"Natural Remedies For Depression\">officially included<\/a> in Article Five, given its status as a U.S. state.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a dozen bipartisan senators <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenEricSchmitt\/status\/1811072836305338615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>signed<\/a> on to a letter to Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Antony Blinken<\/a>, emphasizing \u201cthe importance of clarifying that members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would consider an armed attack against the State of Hawaii to be an attack against all NATO countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) both signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/nato-gathers-washington-leaders-urged-remember-hawaii-2024-07-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>letter<\/a>. Schatz, on Twitter, said the Hawaiian \u201cresidents deserve equal protection,\u201d and described the situation as \u201can outdated technicality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senators argued that getting Hawaii covered under Article Five is imperative given the \u201cstrategic importance of the Indo-Pacific \u2014 and the need to deter destabilizing regional conflict,\u201d adding, \u201cHawaii is the center of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, geographically located in the heart of the Pacific Ocean and home to USINDOPACOM headquarters and critical component commands and defense installations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senators requested Blinken answer a series of questions by Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was dragged into World War II after the Japanese military carried out the bombing of Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, killing about 2,400 people.<\/p>\n<p>American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are also south of the Tropic of Cancer.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1701101\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1701101\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam are not covered by NATO&#8217;s defense pact due to their geographic location south of the Tropic of Cancer. There is a push to include Hawaii in Article Five of the treaty, as it is a U.S. state and strategically important in the Indo-Pacific region. 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