Hawaii Is Not Covered in NATO Treaty – HotAir

Well, this seems odd. 

I just learned that if somebody–say the Chinese–attacked the Hawaiian Islands as part of a campaign to seize Taiwan–attacked the military bases in our 50th state NATO countries would not be obliged to help defend the US. 

Want to hear something wild? Hawaii isn’t covered by NATO because geographically it isn’t in the North Atlantic. Doesn’t matter that Hawaii is part of the United States.https://t.co/oYqb1dDG9L

— Derek J. Grossman (@DerekJGrossman) April 1, 2024

As a practical matter, it probably doesn’t mean much, because aside from France and Great Britain no European country would add that much to our capabilities in a war with China. 

But it still seems weird. 

Sweden became the newest member of NATO earlier this month, joining 31 nations in the security alliance, including the United States. Well, make that 49 of the 50 United States.

Because in a…