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To: grania

Again, be careful what you wish for. This is NATO business, and NATO has to defend Turkey, not the USA alone. DJT will have to start turning the screws.

The Kurds will being avenged by Iran, now that would be something.


6 posted on 10/11/2019 11:24:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

NATO is required to come to the aid of an attacked member. But not if they pick the fight. It’s not a suicide pact.


9 posted on 10/11/2019 11:28:50 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Turkey invaded a nation. Syria. If a Syrian Ally shoots back at Turkey, there is no NATO response.
Article 5 does not require us to do anything to assist a NATO member who decides to launch a war.

Furthermore, Article 5 does not require us to use military force. It simply requires us to take whatever measures we deem necessary. That can be anything from a strongly-worded letter on up.


20 posted on 10/11/2019 11:46:03 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

There is a terrorist faction of the Kurds of which Turkey has legitimate concern. The terrorist faction is a result of Turkish genocide against the Kurds going back more than 90 years. The Kurds have a long memory. They are still angry.

The solution is simple but totally unworkable. The Kurdish regions of Turkey, Syria, and Iran should be granted semi autonomy if they pledge loyalty to their respective nations. This will not happen. Those three nations all demand total control from their central government least turmoil and strife happen from all the aggrieved people of the nations be they Kurd or non Kurd. It is all about total control least they lose control.

The killing will continue.


35 posted on 10/11/2019 1:32:52 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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