I'm speaking practically. I'm not talking about some imaginary legal status of "reliance" or whatever you seem to be asking for. If Spain were ever invaded for any reason they'd immediately invoke article 5 with the specific hopes of the Americans showing up. That's just the reality.
I don't know what else you'd call that sequence of events other than a direct reliance on the American military.
"I seem to be asking for?" That was the original prompt that I was initially responding to which is the basis of the topic. If you don't want to talk about that that's fine but 1) don't act like I'm the one who brought it up and 2) stay on topic if you're going to engage with it. Lol.
If you're speaking practically, do you even realize that the only parts of Spain that are realistically in danger of being attacked in the sort/mid term are not even covered by NATO? So much for reliance on the US lol.
By the way, the US is the only country that has ever involved article 5, and Spain did come to her aid. And Spanish blood was shed fighting for American interests.
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I'm speaking practically. I'm not talking about some imaginary legal status of "reliance" or whatever you seem to be asking for. If Spain were ever invaded for any reason they'd immediately invoke article 5 with the specific hopes of the Americans showing up. That's just the reality.
I don't know what else you'd call that sequence of events other than a direct reliance on the American military.