So we are the protectors of Iraq at the moment, and are in the middle of building their Air Force, BUT we let our NATO ally Turkey fly in and bomb them. Probably from a base we share with them.
And people wonder why China or Russia manages to build new alliances.
Mixed signals indeed. Part of it is Turkey hears what they want to hear, even when it is not said. Then they attack innocent civilians in neighboring countries on any pretense.
NATO? Has nothing to do with it, so far.