[bert]

Ahhh....finally a real bona fide cause for the question......

If Iran attacks Turkey from the rear, will Greece help?

[hoagy62]

You, sir are ill. Funny, but ill. :)

[mamelukesabre]

If Iran attacks Turkey from the rear, will Greece help?
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which side? lol

[AnAmericanAbroad]

So, Iran feels like attacking a NATO member state?

Well, that should be entertaining, to put it mildly.

Being as both Turkey and Greece are NATO member states, the short is answer is yes, Greece would help (Turkey) because an attack on Turkey would likely automatically invoke Article Five of the NATO Charter, which states that an attack against a NATO member state is an attack against NATO itself. Here’s from NATO itself:

“The principle of collective defence is at the very heart of NATO’s founding treaty. It remains a unique and enduring principle that binds its members together, committing them to protect each other and setting a spirit of solidarity within the Alliance.

This principle is enshrined in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked.”
source: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_59378.htm

So if Iran has a colossal dumb-ass attack and goes after Turkey, then it’s the equivalent of attacking the USA and all the other NATO signatory states.

So, Ahmadenijad and Ayatollah Khameni, have fun. Say hello to the devil when NATO blows you straight to hell!

[Happy Rain]

Greece will take the rest of Cyprus if Turkey is distracted.