It's been a fun few days in NATO land. As well as Turkey refusing to allow Sweden and Finland to join NATO without the whole of NATO agreeing to their unrealistic demands, now Greece has joined in the fun. They've threatened to block the upgraded F-16s that Turkey have asked for, and for maximum troll points, are asking to join the F-35 programme. It would be hilarious if Greece had F-35s in 10 years and not Turkey. Greece will only bankrupt themselves further and thanks to DRM they would be useless in any conflict with Turkey, but they know how to piss off Turkey.
All the Anglos are angry, demanding Turkey be kicked out of NATO. The trouble is, Turkey is one of the most important countries in NATO. Not because of their military, but because of the straits and the nuclear launch bases. You lose those and you'll have a hard time finding another country to put them in. If the NATO plan is to start a nuclear war with Russia (which Sweden and Finland joining will lead to) losing one of your most important launch sites is a bad start.
It looks like I was wrong and Putin was 100% vindicated to not antagonise Turkey. Just leave them alone long enough and they'll backstab their allies and create the mess that is now unfolding.
And this is before we hear the demands all the other irrelevant countries are making behind the scenes, like Poland, Macedonia, Albania, etc.
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