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To: U-238

Who had the bright idea of letting Turkey into NATO in the first place?


7 posted on 02/17/2012 10:34:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Turkey was allowed to join in 1952 because NATO needed to reinforce its “southern flank”. It did stop the Soviet Union easy access to the Mediterranean Sea and stop Greece from being taken over by the Communists.


8 posted on 02/17/2012 10:39:51 PM PST by U-238
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