Because they have long standing ties to the Crimean Tartars and are also directly threatened by Russia’s aggressiveness in the Black Sea and Caucasus.
Once again, going to war for Muzzies.
“Because they have long standing ties to the Crimean Tartars and are also directly threatened by Russia’s aggressiveness in the Black Sea and Caucasus.”
So, we’re bound by treaty to defend Turkey if they’re attacked, does that mean if they provoke the attack? Because if the mess with Putin’s efforts to rebuild the Russian empire they’re going to get their &ss handed to them. Frankly, I don’t want to defend a Muslim nation that sided against us in the Iraq war. It was only Bush’s bluff that kept Saddam from moving his northern army to Kuwait.
Crimean Tartars make really good sauce.
The Crimean Tatars made use of their strategic position between the Ottomans and the Russians. They supplied slaves for the Ottoman Janissary corps from the neighboring peoples; so many, in fact, that even the English word “slave” derives from the ethnic signifier “Slav.”