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2019-06-27 The Grand Turk

Erdogan says NATO countries shouldn’t sanction each other amid row over S400

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Posted by Fred 2019-06-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 I'm inclined to agree, but you haven't been a NATO member for quite a while.

Posted by Bobby 2019-06-27 07:20|| 2019-06-27 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I was inclined to agree until I realized I had read "$400" for "S400". As it is, YipYip, stuff it.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-06-27 07:49|| 2019-06-27 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Ditto Mercutio. Thought someone skipped out on a bar tab.

Posted by AlanC 2019-06-27 08:28|| 2019-06-27 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The whole point of Turkey being in NATO is so we can flank Russia by presenting it with two directions of invasion on the day that we execute Operation Barbarossa Part II: Only We Bring Winter Coats This Time.

Since we're a peace-loving country, we aren't going to be invading anyone, and Turkey can be safely dismissed from NATO, a purely defensive alliance.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-06-27 12:41|| 2019-06-27 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Cute comment, Herb - I like the bit about winter coats. However, the purpose of Turkey as a NATO member was and is defensive, that is, to prevent Russian (nee Soviet) expansion into the Med via the Black Sea.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-06-27 16:28|| 2019-06-27 16:28|| Front Page Top

#6 "In a world where Tom Lehrer's not red,
Where cowboys and commissars wed,
Where 'fascists' and Putin
Are chillin', not shootin'...
One man blandly chants in his stead!"

Posted by Flirong Poodle1120 2019-06-27 19:01|| 2019-06-27 19:01|| Front Page Top

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