The Turks are NATO. If Israel counterattacks what obligation do we have to get involved?
Indeed, provoke Israel to invoke NATO ??
NATO countries would be required to intervene on Turkey's behalf if Turkey were to invoke Article 5 of the NATO Charter.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm
"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area."
This crap is dangerous as hell.
The Turks are also bombing the kurds in Iraq.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128532§ionid=351020202
The Turks aren’t acting as a NATO rep., they’re doing this on their on.
none,,, If a NATO member starts a war, why would we be obligated to help them? Besides,,, in reality, NATO only makes sense if it serves American interests.
Under the NATO charter, when a member state is attacked it is considered an attack on all. Of course, that went out the window on 9/11. Or was it in Serbia in the 90’s?