“What disgusts me is that NATO, and possibly even the U.S., provided military support to Erdogan during this. Otherwise, he would not have landed at the airport in Istanbul last night,”
That is very possible but the fighting is still going on at this hour and this situation looks tempting for Putin to get into. He can throw his military into this fight to beat back Erdogan like NATO. Putin has the balls and the firepower to crush NATO like an egg. The Rand Corp just put out a study which showed that Russia can destroy NATO on the Eurasian continent in 60 hours. I won’t put this past Vlad as he has no fear of Obama in any shape or form.
“The Rand Corp just put out a study which showed that Russia can destroy NATO on the Eurasian continent in 60 hours.”
Interesting... Do you know of a link?
If he did, he would have.
He doesn't.
Dream on Russkie.
The Rand study was an analysis of NATO's ability to defend the Baltic States in the event of a surprise attack, and it isn't news. NATO war strategy has always assumed early Soviet (or in this case, NeoSoviet) gains.