Posted on 07/24/2016 1:57:16 PM PDT by dvan
Why NATO has a ticking time bomb on its hands.
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg insisted that the purge of thousands in the Turkish military – including a third of the serving generals – did not weaken the military. Stoltenberg told Reuters, “Turkey has a large armed force, professional armed forces and... I am certain they will continue as a committed and strong NATO ally.” It would be interesting to know whether the 1,500 US soldiers who have been locked down at Incirlik Air Base along with several hundred soldiers from other NATO countries since the failed coup Friday night would agree with him.
Following the failed coup, the Erdogan regime cut off the base’s external electricity supply and temporarily suspended all flights from the base.
The base commander Gen. Bekir Ercan Van and 11 other service members from the base and a police officer were placed under arrest.
Incirlik is the center of NATO air operations against Islamic State in Syria. It also reportedly houses 50 nuclear warheads. The atomic bombs belong to the US. They deployed to Turkey – under US control – as a relic of the Cold War.
It took US President Barack Obama two years of pleading to convince Turkish President Recep Erdogan to allow NATO forces to use the base at Incirlik. It was only after the Kurdish political party secured unprecedented gains in Turkey’s parliamentary elections last year, and Tayyip Erdogan decided to expand his operations against the Kurds of Iraq and Syria to dampen domestic support for the Kurds, that he agreed to allow NATO forces to use the base
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Sure. Turkey as the new Caliphate will be a strong ally in the war against Islamic terrorism,
Per our discussion.
Big wild fire right now in Izmir Buca Turkey heading towards a NATO base.
If Turkey goes to Russia with the UrAsia Tready (Clinton Cash) that leaves Ukraine out, and helps Syria. It also gets rid of the United States and Saudi Arabia...
Russia with China, Turkey, Syria will create their own “New World Order” meaning: NATO is OUT!!!
Syria is the Key Road or the ‘Golden Road’ for ROSATOM (Russia Oil)
Its the United States, Canada, Australia and a few other countries vs Russia, Syria, China and Turkey, who blinks first???
The Izmir Air Station is the oldest NATO base in Turkey and its importance has increased in recent years. The headquarters of NATO’s Allied Air Component Command for Southern Europe has been located in Izmir since August 11, 2004.
Everything will be OK once Erdogan, Obama and the Hildabeast ensure the 50 nuclear warheads are in the hands of some deserving Muslim fanatics.
Don’t worry, the UN will be there any minute to resolve these issues.
crickets...
6,823 officers, including 124 generals and admirals, are detained, 1,457 are formally arrested.
Notable arrests: 2nd Army Commanding General Adem Huduti; General Bekir Ercan, Incirlik base commander; and retired General Akin Ozturk, the former commander of the Turkish Air Force and mastermind of the coup air element.
We and Israel certainly knew of the coming coup. 2 Turkish KC-135R tankers that refuelled F-16s, supporting the coup, flew out of Incirlik.
Erdogan certainly knew of the coming coup. He issued the extradition request for Fethullah Gulen, accusing him of treason, 3 days BEFORE the coup.
Big purges coming, we will be lucky to hang on to Incirlik Air Base where Turkey cut off power to us for over a week, thankfully we have generators.
Turkey has three major power factions: the Erdogan Islamists, the moderate Hanafi Gulenists and the military secular Kamalists.
All other Arab countries and Israel are very concerned about the Erdogan Islamists goal to reconstitute the Ottoman caliphate.
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