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To: Yankee Sailor
What it would bring to the table is an ability for Israel to invoke Article 5 and demand assistance from other NATO countries in the event of an attack.

Does anyone really think that Europe or Turkey would come actively to Israel's defense when attacked? I don't think it's worth the paper. Look at the contribution the Europeans (with one or two exceptions) make in Afghanistan... insignificant posturing.

6 posted on 05/20/2008 1:15:05 AM PDT by SolidWood (Refusal to vote for McCain is active support for Obama.)
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To: SolidWood

I wouldn’t be too convinced Turkey would distance themselves from an Arab/Persian-Israeli conflict. Turkey already allows Israel to use Turkish bases for air combat training, has contracted to sell to the Israelis 1.8 billion cubic meters of fresh water that deprives Syria and Iraq of resources they claim, and the Turks haven’t hesitated to strike at Khurdish rebels inside Syria, Iraq and Iran.


7 posted on 05/20/2008 2:30:31 AM PDT by Yankee Sailor
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To: SolidWood

“Does anyone really think that Europe or Turkey would come actively to Israel’s defense when attacked? I don’t think it’s worth the paper.”

I think they already fear Iran greatly, so yes, they would, BECAUSE they’d then fully realize the personal threat to themselves, and have concrete proof of Iran’s intentions to proceed further. When will we all learn from history, that if someone tells the world who they are and what their intentions are, BELIEVE THEM!!!!


11 posted on 05/20/2008 8:48:03 PM PDT by llandres (I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
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