Quote:Turkey's beef with Russia goes all the way back to the 1800's-during the days of the Ottoman and Russian Empires; along with Russia's long ambition for a warm water port, and the conflict between Orthodox Christians and Muslims in the Near East. This is a dispute that has absolutely nothing to do with NATO or America, and we should stay out of this.

 

I don't see how we can stay out of it.   We have obligations under the NATO treaty.   Why would anyone sign a treaty with us if we pick and choose when and how we are going to abide by the treaties we sign?   Now, we can try to twist some arms behind the scenes, but if Russia attacks Turkey, we are in it up to our necks.  

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