Syria crisis: Nato 'to approve Turkey missiles request'

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Turkey is a NATO member and despite the fact the cold war is no more she still has a natural border with Russia/Georgia.

So we now speak about a Russian attack on Turkey...? Or a Georgian retaliation for being diplomatically avoided?

The Turks did not claim wanting Patriots due to Russia. Their claim is Syria. But I think Assad currenbtly has better things to do than trying to igntie a war with Turkey. If he would attack Turkey, then two German Patriot batteries in Turkey's south-east would be his smallest problem.

BTW I am not happy to have the new Turkey in NATO anyway. The former one was okay, and it was reliable. Since the AKP set back the clocks, it is no longer neither okay, nor reliable. Quite the opposite, it is highly unpredictable, and aggressive now, openly acting against NATO'S and Europe's interest. Not to mention the confrontation with the EU.