Washington, meanwhile, has considerable leverage over PiS firstly because the party is generally very pro-American, and secondly because it considers the US the only viable guarantor of Polish security in the event of aggression from its feared neighbour, Russia.
ANZUS Pact, formally Pacific Security Treaty, security treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States that was signed in San Francisco, Calif., on Sept. 1, 1951, for the purpose of providing mutual aid in the event of aggression and for settling disputes by peaceful means.
"In the event of such aggression or the threat of such aggression, the United States stands ready to work with our GCC partners to urgently determine what actions may be appropriate, using the means at our collective disposal, including the potential use of military force for the defense of our GCC partners.
"These weapons are made to be used strictly and only in the event of external aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic".
At a secret conference held at Plombières, France, in July 1858 he arranged with Emperor Napoleon III for French military intervention in the event of Austrian aggression against Piedmont.
By asking Congress to vote its approval of the use of American arms in the event of Communist aggression he has really asked them to reaffirm his role as Commander-in-Chief.
The moves are intended to underline the alliance's commitment to the collective defence of all its members – including the Baltic States of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, which, like Ukraine, have significant Russian-speaking minorities as well as acting as a "trigger" in the event of any aggression.
On July 23rd, a few days after the killing of four of President Bashar Assad's most senior security enforcers by an insurgent's bomb, his spokesman made a curious statement saying that "any chemical or bacterial weapon" would never be used against fellow Syrians and would only be deployed in the event of "external aggression".
Nato has said that a 5,000-strong 5,000-strongse forapidpledged at the alliance's summit in Wales last Septemberesponse be deployed within 48 hours to protect Eastern European members in the event oforcesian aggression.
Trump has also questioned whether as president he would automatically defend NATO allies in the event of Russian aggression.
The British and French, under those circumstances, released Belgium from her Locarno obligations to render mutual assistance in the event of German aggression toward Poland, while the British and French maintained their military obligations to Belgium.
