> Turkey is extremely important to NATO because ...because it's in a unique location that's been a keystone of military strategy for multiple countries for tho

> Turkey is extremely important to NATO because ...because it's in a unique location that's been a keystone of military strategy for multiple countries for thousands of years. It contains (not just controls) access between the Med and the Black Sea. It's at the boundary between the steppes, the Middle East and Western Europe. I don't agree with the "realpolitik" notion that you have to get into bed with countries that don't share your interests, just because there is a strategic advantage to be had. > I'm sure the USA has very strong reasons to continue hosting its ICBMs in Turkey I'm sure they do as well. I doubt there's any need to site "Inter Continental" ballistic missiles in Turkey, though; they're pointed at Russia, of course, which is just across the border, not a continent away. Anyway, I'm opposed to nuclear willy-waving in general.