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To: DTAD

Why is Turkey in NATO? (just asking for a friend)


2 posted on 01/22/2020 8:10:53 AM PST by Ben Hecks
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To: Ben Hecks

Location, location, location...goes back to the cold war. The whole NATO treaty deserves to be revisited.


3 posted on 01/22/2020 8:14:31 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Ben Hecks

The airbase in Turkey is the only reason I can think of...


4 posted on 01/22/2020 8:14:53 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Ben Hecks

Cold War reason, covers the southern right flank of NATO. Keeps the Russian Black Sea fleet out of the Med.

Now???


6 posted on 01/22/2020 8:16:24 AM PST by Reily
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To: Ben Hecks

GOOD QUESTION!!!!!


10 posted on 01/22/2020 8:46:44 AM PST by bantam
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