[pixl97]

> even put up with Erdogan's regime at all.

Because like it or not they play a critical card in NATO strategy against Russia.

[asdff]

Probably against china or any threat as well. Turkey houses nuclear weaponry. I'd imagine its globally reaching vs only being in range of Russia, as having some redundancy between launch sites is probably good for your side of world war three.

[illumin8]

Good point. I think NATO will realize eventually he's more allied with Putin than he is with the west.