Over 90 countries provided assistance to the USA after 9/11. None of them asked for a refund or for the USA’s natural resources in payment.
Troops from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Spain, Poland, Norway, Romania, Turkey, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Finland, and many others joined the fight in Afghanistan. More than one thousand of these soldiers paid the ultimate price.
JD Vance – Have you said ‘thank you’ once for their sacrifice?
– Pekka Kallioniemi, Creator of #vatniksoup.
Updated January 7, 2026, first published on March 18, 2025.
On September 12, 2001, less than 24 hours after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invoked Article 5 from its 1949 founding treaty, stating that an armed attack against one member was an attack against all.
NATO allies declared their unanimous support for the U.S. The North Atlantic Council officially confirmed the invocation of Article 5 on October 2, 2001, after verifying that the attacks were directed from abroad by al-Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden.
This was the first and, to date, only time that Article 5—the collective defense clause of the North Atlantic Treaty—has been formally invoked.
As a result, NATO provided military support, including deploying Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to patrol U.S. airspace under Operation Eagle Assist and conducting Operation Active Endeavour in the Mediterranean to counter terrorist threats. This marked a significant moment in NATO’s history, demonstrating the alliance’s solidarity with the United States.
Have any of the allied nations asked for some payback? Have they demanded that the US be grateful?
🚨🚨THIS IS INSANE: Donald Trump, the sitting President of the United States, questions NATO’s commitment to America, despite the fact that NATO came to our aid when Article 5 was invoked after 9/11. Make sure everyone sees this.pic.twitter.com/jDXMFMVzZ0
— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) March 6, 2025
Netanyahu has on numerous occasions said he is grateful for 9/11, though
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
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This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:
“Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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