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> why would they allow someone who supports their enemies to join the alliance? Because Russia is still the scarier enemy. If the rest of NATO approves, what i
by mabbo 4y ago
> why would they allow someone who supports their enemies to join the alliance?
Because Russia is still the scarier enemy. If the rest of NATO approves, what is Turkey going to do? Leave NATO and accept eventual invasion?
- srhngpr 4y agoIf I recall correctly, it requires unanimous vote of approval.
- tuukkah 4y agoEveryone else leaves NATO and sets up NATO2 where Sweden and Finland are members but Turkey is not.
- xhevahir 4y agoThat sounds like a very big and complicated undertaking, both politically and militarily. Turkey has NATO's second-largest army, for one thing.
- tuukkah 4y agoPerhaps it's more important to have Turkey in NATO than Sweden and Finland, but I honestly don't know. I hear Finland has a strong army and it's useful to have all of the Baltic Sea countries in NATO.
- xxpor 4y agoTurkey's location is incredibly important strategically. They control access to the Black Sea.
- tuukkah 4y agoTurkey is second-largest based on manpower, right? Time to update that ranking soon: Turkey 775,000 vs Finland 937,000 military personnel available
- m00dy 4y agohahahha :D You missed the fact that every turk born as a soldier when it comes to availability :)
- mk89 4y agoAs far as I know, it has to be approved unanimously, so Turkey can say "NO" and nothing will happen. The point is that ... today Turkey makes demands, sure, but tomorrow it's someone else, or event today itself, except that Turkey is more "dramatic" about it. Who knows what Finland and Sweden actually have to "give" in order to join NATO. That's life, and that's also okay. Which is BTW similar to what's happening to EU: they realized that some states have too much power in the admission process, so they want to "speed up" the process. Probably they will go for a "3/4" of the members have to say YES. That kind of stuff. Same old, same old.