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originally posted by: REalBEL
Few things caught my eye.
Turkey apologise to Russia for shooting down Jet
Turkey says Assad may have future in Syria
Russia warn Turkey about coup from us air base
Turkey surround us base in Turkey
Media silenced in Turkey
Russia starts chartered flights back to Turkey
Turkey attack US assets in Syria, ie Kurds.
Obama to fly to Turkey on 4th September.
I don't know, but I think Turkey just sided with Russia.
Yes, turkey has been on the opposite side of this from the op's view. That can change, but that historical fact remains.
originally posted by: princeofpeace
Well today Russia and Iran both are now calling on Turkey to halt military operations. Now is when it gets interesting. Me thinks Turkey wont stop until it gets to Aleppo.
US is the one who secretly allowed Turkey to do this in return for them to stay in NATO.
originally posted by: REalBEL
a reply to: Quetzalcoatl14
Oh I know they have been key in the whole mess.
originally posted by: princeofpeace
Well today Russia and Iran both are now calling on Turkey to halt military operations. Now is when it gets interesting. Me thinks Turkey wont stop until it gets to Aleppo.
US is the one who secretly allowed Turkey to do this in return for them to stay in NATO.
originally posted by: MrSpad
originally posted by: princeofpeace
Well today Russia and Iran both are now calling on Turkey to halt military operations. Now is when it gets interesting. Me thinks Turkey wont stop until it gets to Aleppo.
US is the one who secretly allowed Turkey to do this in return for them to stay in NATO.
Turkey can do what it wants outside of NATO territory. NATO can not tell a member what to do or punish for doing things outside of NATO's area of responsibility because it would infringe upon a nations sovereignty. Also NATO has no no mechanism to remove a member. If they did they might have done it when Turkey invaded Cyprus but, they do not have one.
originally posted by: princeofpeace
originally posted by: MrSpad
originally posted by: princeofpeace
Well today Russia and Iran both are now calling on Turkey to halt military operations. Now is when it gets interesting. Me thinks Turkey wont stop until it gets to Aleppo.
US is the one who secretly allowed Turkey to do this in return for them to stay in NATO.
Turkey can do what it wants outside of NATO territory. NATO can not tell a member what to do or punish for doing things outside of NATO's area of responsibility because it would infringe upon a nations sovereignty. Also NATO has no no mechanism to remove a member. If they did they might have done it when Turkey invaded Cyprus but, they do not have one.
I think you are misunderstanding what wrote. I wasnt insinuating Turkey would be kicked out of NATO but rather they would leave NATO and cozy up to Russia. Of course NATO cannot keep a member from leaving. But they can give them carrots for staying......Erdogen basically told Kerry they would remain in the US fold but this is what they were going to do...
originally posted by: REalBEL
a reply to: Quetzalcoatl14
I know, how crazy hey. Time will tell. Russia apparently sending in military advisors and building military base in Aleppo. Some say to advise, some say for preparation of 20000 Russian troops. One thing seems clear. Escalation is imminent. Read some news about Germany drafting doctors. Obama will visit Turkey in 4 days. Who ever can sway Turkey to their side will have big advantage. Oh yeah, and the economy is #ed because world economy based on us dollar which has lost all value because of quanative easing mass printing of paper bull# dollars. Jobs are drying up all over the world and Banks are preparing for a collapse. Could the ingredients for ww3 ever be more?