Don’t we kinda sorta need Turkey for military bases?
“Don’t we kinda sorta need Turkey for military bases?”
We did back before we couldn’t reach out and touch someone from bases in the US. Prior to ICBMs we had Jupiter nuclear missiles based in Turkey. JFK gave those up when Russia agreed to pull their missiles out of Cuba.
Forward basing is our strategy. But we probably have air bases that could make up for Incirlik if we decided to leave.