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In reply to the discussion: Erdogan says Turkey not supportive of Finland, Sweden joining NATO [View all]melm00se
(4,991 posts)33. There is a lot for Turkey to be part of NATO
The area that includes Turkey has been a crossroad for armies moving into or out of Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Erdogan knows that so Turkey needs to be part of NATO as much as NATO wants Turkey to be part of NATO.
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Disingenuous. One could make that claim for at least a dozen present NATO nations.
no_hypocrisy
May 2022
#1
He's scared of Russia / likes Putin's governing style -- his objections end there EOM
rlegro
May 2022
#2
I used to play Diplomacy and Risk. Funny how they sensitize you to the countries that have
Martin68
May 2022
#34
The true irony is there wax a lot of European pushback against Turkey's NATO membership because of
Martin68
May 2022
#35
We just came home from a trip to Turkey (Egypt and Greece too - it was wonderful)
leftieNanner
May 2022
#15