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Open war between Russia and Turkey would be defacto war with the United States and the rest of NATO due to Article 5 of the NATO charter. That doesn't really a
by algorithmsRcool 11y ago
Open war between Russia and Turkey would be defacto war with the United States and the rest of NATO due to Article 5 of the NATO charter.
That doesn't really answer your question but hopefully gives some context.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoIt really depends if the rest of NATO will go to war over Turkey. I fibd that...perhaps not so likely
- algorithmsRcool 11y agoI would be inclined to agree.....but the treaty is pretty ironclad as long as Turkey is a full member. Which they have been since 1952.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoTreaties are hardly sacrosanct, and its not as if the current Turkish government is universally liked within NATO.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> its not as if the current Turkish government is universally liked within NATO. Credibility as a bulwark against Russia with Eastern European NATO members and partners, OTOH, is probably universally liked within NATO, and sacrificing one without sacrificing the other would be quite tricky.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> It really depends if the rest of NATO will go to war over Turkey. I fibd that...perhaps not so likely Failure to do so -- particular against Russia -- would have fairly catastrophic consequences for NATO's credibility, and therefore for relations between the core of NATO and its Eastern European members and partners.