Posted on 05/13/2022 5:44:51 PM PDT by BusterDog
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey did not have a “positive opinion” on Finland and Sweden joining NATO, throwing up a potential obstacle for the nations’ membership bid.
The leader of NATO-member Turkey spoke ahead of expected confirmations from the Nordic nations on Sunday that they will apply to join the Western military alliance.
Erdogan accused both countries of harbouring “terrorist organisations” in his unfavourable assessment of the membership bids.
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Kick
Turkey
Out
I’m for dropping Turkey and letting Finland and Sweden in.
They are busy saving the world, Friend.
Turkey going to team up with Russia this time?
Turkey has sold Russia the Baktyir drones as well as Ukraine, and refused to sell Ukraine the S-400s Russia sold to them.
Turkey is just jockeying for something in return — more advanced weaponry from the US.
“Turkey has sold Russia the Baktyir drones as well as Ukraine, and refused to sell Ukraine the S-400s Russia sold to them.”
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Setting themselves up as the gateway for the West to approach the unified Eurasian landmass of Russia and China. Smart.
But, but, but Dr. Oz.........
The sick man of Europe should not be in NATO. NATO has outlived its usefulness. NATO is nothing more than American troops protecting Europe. Bring the troops home. Let Europe pay for its own defense and fend for itself.
“Turkey going to team up with Russia this time?”
It may as well. It has closer ties to Russia than to Europe or the US. We have two AF bases still there, but only as part of the Southern NATO element. The largest, Incirlik, is pretty much hamstrung by the Turkish authorities. We also have a small Army/NATO radar site. That’s it. I think we may be pulling out of Turkey within the next ten years.
It has always been the “problem child” of NATO, and it outlived its usefulness in the 1970s.
Dr. OZ agrees?
“Turkey is just jockeying for something in return — more advanced weaponry from the US.”
Maybe.
I oppose any moslem country to be part of NATO.
Doesn’t Turkey have a voting bloc in Sweden?
“Setting themselves up as the gateway for the West to approach the unified Eurasian landmass of Russia and China. Smart.”
Turkey will end up setting themselves out of the game. Turkey is too unreliable, and the rest of NATO know that.
“Turkey going to team up with Russia this time?”
As opposed to the NAZIS they teamed up with in WWII?
Apparently the Turks were good fighters in the Korean War and during the Cold War they were strategically useful. They have been occupying one third of Cyprus for 48 years and it doesn’t look like they will ever leave. During the Iraq War of 2003 they wouldn’t let the US invade Iraq from the North. So not very useful as allies during the last 69 years.
Turkey does not like certain Kurdish people or entities.
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