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U.S. says it will stay in Black Sea despite Russian warning
reuters.com ^ | 06/17/2016

Posted on 06/18/2016 9:20:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: Ohioan

That was then, this is now.


21 posted on 06/18/2016 10:28:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cowboy Bob

He needs to have something happen by November and/or January.

To keep the lies going.


22 posted on 06/18/2016 10:31:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: dfwgator
You mean like Turkey came to our aid during the war in Iraq? Tuck Furkey!

Nope. The US didn't invoke Article V, the mutual defense section of the NATO Treaty, during the war in Iraq because NATO is a purely defensive treaty and Iraq didn't attack the United States.

The only time Article V was invoked was after the 9/11 attacks. Turkey did provide material support to NATO operations related to 9/11. If you want to compile a list of NATO members that didn't support the war in Iraq, you'll need a very long list.

23 posted on 06/18/2016 10:32:35 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

NATO was founded as an alliance against a common enemy.

Times change.

We have a new common enemy now.


24 posted on 06/18/2016 10:34:57 AM PDT by null and void (Hillary Milhouse Clinton: I'm not a c-c-c-crook! Crook! Yeah, that's the c-word I was looking for!)
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To: BenLurkin

Will Obama’s weakness and ineptness in dealing with Russia result in a war? And if it does, will he get to keep his Nobel prize?


25 posted on 06/18/2016 10:36:02 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: Jimmy Valentine; BenLurkin
Like the Russians keeping a fleet in Long Island Sound.

The Black Sea has about 130 times as much surface area as Long Island Sound. Also NATO countries make up more than half the coastline of the Black Sea, whereas Long Island Sound is surrounded by U.S. territory and is within the legal coastline of the United States.

The U.S. conducts naval operations in the Persian Gulf even though it is over 40% smaller than the Black Sea and even though Iran takes the position that it should be able to control access.

26 posted on 06/18/2016 11:38:10 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: wideminded

NATO countries like Rumania, Bulgaria and Turkey border on the Black Sea. Sorry Putin but the Black sea is a NATO lake too.


27 posted on 06/18/2016 12:25:03 PM PDT by Eternal_Bear (LACK)
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To: wideminded

NATO countries like Rumania, Bulgaria and Turkey border on the Black Sea. Sorry Putin but the Black sea is a NATO lake too.


28 posted on 06/18/2016 12:27:25 PM PDT by Eternal_Bear (LACK)
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