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by tuukkah 1494 days ago
Everyone else leaves NATO and sets up NATO2 where Sweden and Finland are members but Turkey is not.
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xhevahir 1494 days ago
That sounds like a very big and complicated undertaking, both politically and militarily.

Turkey has NATO's second-largest army, for one thing.

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tuukkah 1494 days ago
Perhaps it's more important to have Turkey in NATO than Sweden and Finland, but I honestly don't know. I hear Finland has a strong army and it's useful to have all of the Baltic Sea countries in NATO.
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xxpor 1494 days ago
Turkey's location is incredibly important strategically. They control access to the Black Sea.
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tuukkah 1494 days ago
Turkey is second-largest based on manpower, right? Time to update that ranking soon: Turkey 775,000 vs Finland 937,000 military personnel available
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m00dy 1493 days ago
hahahha :D You missed the fact that every turk born as a soldier when it comes to availability :)
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