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To: Navy Patriot

I have no idea what Turkey is doing in NATO in the first place.


31 posted on 05/19/2022 8:04:28 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

as much as I dislike them they are doing far more than most other nato countries.

Turkey controls access to black sea, etc and probably has a much more formidable military than any other nato member except the US.

The war mongers could maybe kick them out and get Sweden?Finland in to help push for a higher escalation and you wind up with a Turkey that is far more aligned with Russia but that would be an awful idea strategically even if it hurts people’s feelings.


42 posted on 05/19/2022 8:17:19 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“I have no idea what Turkey is doing in NATO in the first place.”

There exists this thing called the Bosporus Strait. Who controls the Bosporus controls movement between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Back in the days of the USSR that was a big deal. It still is to Ukraine. Turkey closed the Strait to Russian shipping and the only Russian naval forces available to aid in Ukraine were those already in Crimea.
With the fall of the USSR the Strait isn’t as important as previously thought.

BUT, imagine the Strait in the hands of a madman whose world outlook is molded by the scribblings of a 7th century pedophile, murderer and rapist.......or any other person with a desire for conquest.


53 posted on 05/19/2022 9:06:36 AM PDT by oldvirginian (The CCP is the world's largest and deadliest criminal organization.)
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