...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
will help member country
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
if needed, the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, days after Russian jets bombing Syria violated Turkish airspace.
Asked whether NATO would be prepared to defend ally Turkey against Russia, Stoltenberg said: "Turkey is a strong ally and they have the second-largest army," he told Rooters.
"They have a capable air force, so the Turkish armed forces are the first responders, but NATO is there to help and assist them if they need."
| Sure we will. That's why both the U.S. and Germany have pulled their Patriot missile systems from Turkey... |
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
is only serving to prolong the crisis there.
"Russia should play a constructive role in the fight against (Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
of Iraq and Syria). To support the Assad regime is not constructive. This is only prolonging the war in Syria."
He said there were no plans for the U.S.-led military alliance itself to send forces into Syria. "There are no plans for NATO as an alliance to go into Syria," he said.
Russia, Assad's main international backer, has sent its warplanes to strike anti-Assad opposition forces despite the United States and its allies urging Moscow to withdraw support from the Syrian leader and concentrate its firepower on ISIS Death Eaters.
Tensions have further mounted with NATO accusing Russian warplanes of violating the airspace of NATO member Turkey during their sorties.