In a Turkey - Greece confrontation, who would invoke Article 5, or would both.
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Sea_Gap_656919 hr ago
+168
NATO attacks both
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zed289512 hr ago
+66
Greek here. This is the best plan
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FlyingRaccoon_42010 hr ago
+29
NATO: Civil War
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sayko6668 hr ago
+15
Turkish here. Can confirm this is the best plan.
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VeryluckyorNot7 hr ago
+7
It would be Putin's most dreaming scenario lol.
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atmanama10 hr ago
+7
Like parents when siblings fight lol
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Abyssknight2412 hr ago
+45
The one getting attacked first is the only one that has any right to invoke it, as far as I understand it.
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cooljacob204sfw6 hr ago
+1
If something does get kicked off I bet the lines won't be clear on who started it.
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Antique-Holiday44608 hr ago
+7
Forget "as I understand it" its exactly that officially.
The whole thing can only be activated in defence alone, no matter if the enemy is internal or external.
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dystopianartlover6 hr ago
+1
There is more play than you are thinking, in that not every action is considered an attack. Just like how russia has done many things that many listnookors thought would qualify as an attack but didn't. As far as i know there is no clearly defined definition within nato as to what an attack is. So one of these countries could do something to the other that nato doesn't consider an attack which could cause bog problems for nato.
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asethskyr16 hr ago
+49
Whoever is defending.
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JoSeSc9 hr ago
+12
Both will claim to defend themselves though 100%
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niceufo77719 hr ago
+64
NATO will send two furious letters, in bold font.
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CommercialComputer1513 hr ago
+12
Comic Sans
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fantasmoofrcc10 hr ago
+2
If anything could invoke Atricle 5 other than being attacked, it's the use of Comic Sans...
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innovatedname18 hr ago
+12
whoever buys the most trumpcoin and invests in jared kushner's companies
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huggevill10 hr ago
+9
given that the most likely aggressor would be turkey, at leas all the European nato allies will side with Greece.
Not just by claiming to honor the article 5, but also because turkey has spent 20+ years being antagonistic against the EU and European nations, they have burnt any and all bridges with potential supporters that would argue to side with them in a war against Greece. There is a very good reason they are called a Mediterranean version of ruzzia.
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Plappedudel17 hr ago
+5
Nobody. They fought over Cyprus in the 70s, thousands of dead on both sides, NATO did not get involved. Even though the political consequences were severe since Turkey won that war, occupied northern Cyprus and the Greek government collapsed. It seems things would have to _really_ escalate for NATO to do anything.
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Angeronus15 hr ago
+52
Cyprus is not a NATO member, so they didn’t have to intervene because Greece itself was not invaded.
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Tales_from_Veterne10 hr ago
+5
Greek military dictatorship collapsed. Which is a very good thing, all things considered.
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Beor_The_Old12 hr ago
+2
Usually when turkey is confronted by greece i find it in aisle 5
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formerlyanonymous_7 hr ago
+1
If it's cold enough, a frozen turkey facing greece is why the fryer is supposed to be done outside.
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Chance-Macaroon-59969 hr ago
-6
Nope, it didn't. nothing new… Greece (coincidentally, after its meeting with Israel :) reiterated that it could extend its maritime borders again (Turkey had said years ago that they could resolve this through the median line since the Aegean Sea is a closed sea, otherwise if it extends to 12 miles, they would consider it a cause for war because if it goes from 6 miles to 12 miles, Turkey gets squeezed, but of course this isn't presented that way by Europe). Anyway, as always, the West creates the news first, then designates the target, typical perception operation. Turkey, of course, is in the position of scapegoat due to being the successor state. In other words, the West presents "the violation of airspace by Turkish warplanes following Greece's militarization of the islands contrary to the agreement" to the media as "the Turks violated Greece’s airspace," but ofc there is no details and France comes out and says they support it. It's been like this for years. :) Some fool will also come under this comment and say the exact opposite but won't be able to prove it.
When the world shifts away from the Western axis, ( already its ) when their fuel runs out, you'll see what kind of wars they'll start. ( they already started plenty of it)
This is civilization!
And years later, in digital history books, there will be discussions about how hypocritical Western civilizations were and how Eastern civilizations were exploited lol
This is future !
To be continued
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VLamperouge11 hr ago
-10
NATO is dead anyway, I’m pretty if other countries even decided to get involved in the first place they would just side with whoever’s more convenient for them.
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secondincomm20 hr ago
+136
I am about to visit Turkey after my trip to Jordan was cancelled because of Trumps stupid ass war. I was going to Jordan because I had originally played to go to Thailand / Cambodia for the temples, but they started bombing each other too.
Please god dont get Turkey and Greece start shit
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-drunk_russian-20 hr ago
+148
Use your powers for good and book a trip to Moscow! Maybe that'll get rid of Putin.
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nekonight19 hr ago
+60
I recommend you dont book a trip to:
1. East asia
2. Indian subcontinent
3. Middle east
4. Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
5. Western Europe
6. Africa in general
7. Caribbean
8. North American
9. Central America
10. Greenland
11. Falkland islands
I recommend you book a trip to:
1. Antarctica - at least if anything goes wrong there. There's a chance we get Antarctica space nazis.
2. Australia - invasion of the giant deadly [insert Australia animal here]
3. New Zealand - if everything goes wrong the millionaires hideaway goes first
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maplealvon18 hr ago
+18
Istg if anything starts between Kiwiland and Emutopia..
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EttinTerrorPacts13 hr ago
+5
South America not on either list?
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wanderlustcub10 hr ago
+1
Ehhh, Venezuela…
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Gedehamse55611 hr ago
-1
safest continent, but i won't recommend travelling there, it's very moist
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Sea_Gap_656917 hr ago
+8
Don’t start the WW3 by planning a visit to Taiwan
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Sea_Gap_656919 hr ago
+6
I guess it’s too late for us now, looking at your track record
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static_element12 hr ago
+2
I'm sure both countries will respect your holiday schedule man and put all hostilities aside. It's all about you after all!
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secondincomm12 hr ago
+1
Thats exactly what I am saying!
Or actually, is it more likely I am saying that these countries always attacking each other is pointless and a waste of human life? Yeah that one
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WombeI7 hr ago
+1
How about you stop going to places and start wars all over the place?
just stay home brother. You alone will be responsible for WW3 and WW4 with that track record 😂
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Mysterious_Bit_771310 hr ago
+1
Nothing is going to happen my friend. Both Greek and Turkish politicians like to talk about war, invasions etc but both our countries will be on the verge of destruction if the war lasts more than a month. Nothing is happening or will happen
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Spiritual-Fly589016 hr ago
Go to Jordan. Super worth it
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misnomer8810 hr ago
Just do a staycation mate
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Audacimmus13 hr ago
-5
Sounds about right.
The self-proclaimed moral westerners pretending to be anti-war, anti-genocide. In reality they only get worked up when they are mildly inconvenienced with higher gas prices and cancelled airplanes for Instagram travels.
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WhateverWannaCallMe8 hr ago
-1
Dont worry nothing will come out of it unless greece does something stupid (which they wont)
This kind of debates goes on since ages and its all there to show off.
And why i said unless greece does something stupid? Because in Turkey noone even talks about greece or greeks anymore. Discussions start after greece does something, like the one you see on the post lol
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The_Goondocks10 hr ago
+14
Everyone needs to chill the f*** out
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kpss11 hr ago
+18
What is this about, what have I missed? Has Turkey threatened Greece or something?
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Zestyclose-Carry-17111 hr ago
+36
They have been in a constant low tension conflict for a century now
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RAAFStupot9 hr ago
+6
Really since the Trojan War, so 3000 years or so now....
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Jaws07988 hr ago
+12
Nah those were not Turks. The Turks are relatively new to Anatalia
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WhateverWannaCallMe8 hr ago
+6
Relatively new: 1000 years
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Jaws07987 hr ago
+7
Relative to 3000 yeah man.
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WhateverWannaCallMe7 hr ago
+3
If we compare it to trojans yes. In modern context no
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Jaws07987 hr ago
+1
Ofcource.
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Cattovosvidito8 hr ago
+2
Are you serious? Did you ever learn history?
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Shot-Operation-93957 hr ago
Bro Turks came in analotia WAYYY LATER
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Verigos56 hr ago
+1
Turks in Troy ??!????? 🥀🥀🥀
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Forest_Orc10 hr ago
+3
It's been like 3000 years, remembre that battle with a giant horse ?
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Shot-Operation-93958 hr ago
+13
Those were not Turks LOL
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Cattovosvidito8 hr ago
+4
Average historical knowledge level for listnookor.
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huggevill10 hr ago
-7
turkey regularly threaten and antagonize Greece, most often but not limited to whenever they have "elections".
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futurespice10 hr ago
-14
Greece and Turkey don't get along. Greece likes play on this to pretend it is europe's underappreciated bulwalk against ottoman aggression or some shit and can they please have more money.
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Mysterious_Bit_771310 hr ago
+2
Let me guess, you are Turk?
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Virtual_Permit276110 hr ago
+32
Netanyahu’s plan to attack turkey seems to be taking shape
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sieurblabla8 hr ago
+21
A lot of anti Turkey rhetoric recently indeed. Something is happening soon.
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_Zyr6 hr ago
+1
Couldn't be the two decades of increasing authoritarianism that Erdogan has been ushering in.
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sieurblabla8 hr ago
+6
Maybe a false flag attack on Greece, and Israel steps in to defend democracy and the western values?
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CG-Shin10 hr ago
+3
I don’t think that’s likely to happen. Without ending the Ukraine/Russia war or the one in the Middle East. That would put too much pressure on Europes trade routes from Asia
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sieurblabla7 hr ago
+2
Israel doesn't care. It can drag Europe into a losing war like it did drag the US into a losing war.
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metioenunlio7 hr ago
+1
And Europe would go along with this why exactly?
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madeofphosphorus6 hr ago
+1
Because Germans would do whatever Israel wants.
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metioenunlio6 hr ago
+1
Is there anything that supports this view?
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Virtual_Permit27616 hr ago
+1
Quite literally every decision Germany has made since the Palestinian genocide
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HealthyBits11 hr ago
+35
Safe to say that the whole European Union would stand with Greece.
We all know Greece wouldn’t start sht in the first place so Turkey would be the aggressor.
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cmlmrsn9 hr ago
+13
I think it’s more safe to say that Turkey wouldn’t start the war. Because there is almost no country in the world would support Turkey against Greece.
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jsawyer_7 hr ago
-1
"We all know Greece wouldn’t start sht in the first place so Turkey would be the aggressor."
Such a naive and shallow take. Geopolitics don't work that way.
This is all about Israel's expansion. Cyprus flooding with Israeli's. Greece fully supporting Israel even though their people hate it and protest it very openly. Israel has been saying Turkey is next.
Turkey would say Greece bad and there would thousands of headlines and sanctions in a minute. There is not a single scenario Turkey benefits from and conflict with Israel or Greece.
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BatataFreeta8 hr ago
-5
Greece literally tried to coup and annex Cyprus
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ErenYaegersAbss10 hr ago
-25
Enjoy nato without the Turkish military then lol
If we've learned anything in the past 20 years in geopolitics it's that the west will always spin their narrative to appease the stronger party (primarily the party that's alligned with the US).
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huggevill10 hr ago
+4
Lets see. Side with a fellow EU and Nato member that are on good terms with and more often than not working well with other EU members, and shows no signs or expresses official threats of war and occupation against the other party, as well as it being in the EU's best interest to come to their defense of a member state.
Or the semi dictatorship that antagonizes, produces hostile propaganda against the EU as a whole and specific member-states, shelters criminals and terrorists, and uses the EU as a scapegoat for everything wrong inside their regime, as well as constant threats of war and occupation against the state thats part of the EU. Hmmm, such a hard choice.
turkey would loose any and all value to the EU and the EU states part of Nato the moment it attacks a EU member state, and while it has a large military on its own, its dwarfed by the EU's/EU nato members combined capacity as a whole.
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[deleted]20 hr ago
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SOHONEYSAME20 hr ago
+13
> Macron, when asked what stance his country would take if Greece were threatened by Turkey, was clear:
> "If Turkey threatened Greece, we would be here. We would be present. Look at what we did that difficult summer, look at our stance in Cyprus. For me, this is the true definition of friendship. This is exactly what the Greek-French alliance expresses. Alliance and friendship are not complex concepts; they are something very simple: when the critical moment comes, you don't wonder what you will do the next day. You already know what you have to do. If sovereignty is threatened, know that we will be here," President Macron emphasized categorically.
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SOHONEYSAME20 hr ago
+10
"that summer" refers to 2020.
France deployed 2 war-ships that joined the Greek ones facing the Turk ships that had entered Greek territorial waters, leading to a standstill.
Erdogan backed down, & a year later Greece & France signed a "landmark" mutual defence deal, that is now set to be renewed.
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Equivalent-Rice808320 hr ago
+8
Damn you straight up lied homie.
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Chesslicious13 hr ago
-17
Bro this is beyond stupid and shows Europeans knows f*** all about Turkey - struggles of us or Erdogans motivations.
Erdogan don't give a single f about Europe. He doesn't have Putin like inspirations. Even though he likes Ottomans -- he is not the continuation of Ottoman dream of conquering the Europe
1) He wants to be respected - be rich - seen as the top dog.
2) Especially in Islam World. He would rather seize land of all Muslim countries and be the one true leader of Muslims than conquer all of Europe.
Everytime he "picks a fight" with Greece or Israel it is just for show to get the support of his supporters. It is funny how he is insulting Israel for like 20+ years while being their biggest trade partner in the region.
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Tales_from_Veterne12 hr ago
+16
Or maybe it's just to show support for a member state? You know, Greece treats this very seriously, and there are declassified Turkish documents talking about an invasion in the early 2010s tht was deriled because France put troops in the region.
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Chesslicious12 hr ago
+8
Downvote all you want but as someone from Turkey who hates Erdogan I can say you guys are utterly clueless
Erdogan has 150000 things in his mind to worry about before it comes to Greece.
The only time Greece and Israel ever becomes a talking point or issue is when
1)He is losing his base nationalist supporters -- Shittalk Greece
2)He is losing his base hard-islam supporters --- Shittalk Israel
He has to worry about financing all his "partisans" + somehow save the shitty financial situation we are in without losing supporters + cover up all his shady acts daily
He has lost a major source of income losing the local elections in Istanbul and Ankara which he always won until very recently.
Turkey is not in a financial position to start a new war without the backing of Europe +US without Erdogan losing his power. Erdogan is not stupid to start a war and have its financial effects trickle down.
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Tales_from_Veterne10 hr ago
+3
Sure. Occupying islands wouldn't really be a war though, now would it? Park some hardware and men there and put eeryone before a done deal, just like Putin envisioned Ukraine falling instantly and everyone just accepting it, because "what else do we realistically do?". France prevented basically that from happening. And even if what you say is true and Erdogan is the first dictator in history who wouldn't try distracting from domestic issues via a foreign war, it still gets a massive amount of good will in Greece. Because it's not like Greece is going to attack first - they're not the military dictatorship they were when the Cyprus shitshow started/
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Chesslicious8 hr ago
+3
In his 20+ years of rule Erdogan has always distracted from domestic issues by creating more domestic issues.
In general this has been "terrorist" attacks on our country or bombs going on in capital when Erdogan's party didn't get clear majority after first elections.
Turkey is really different than all other countries you know in Europe. Headlines change two times a day and a scandal like Epstein wouldn't last a week in news-cycle yet alone a month due to how many unbeliavable events we have daily.
There are famous voice recordings in which they theorize to attack our own cities and nobody is talking about it anymore. This would be similar to Trump planning to bomb Silicon Valley or "9/11 is an inside job"
Erdogan's style is not to start a foreign war. It is to claim Turkey is under threat and needs unity/consistent and experienced leadership more than ever this time around.
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Tales_from_Veterne8 hr ago
Sure. Excuse us for not believing that a man this volatile will not change his mind eventually. After all, this Greece-France alliance only does anything if Greece is attacked... so won't make a difference for Turkey, right?
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SOHONEYSAME11 hr ago
+3
right.
so, according to this logic, Erdogan is "better" for Greece/Europe over the alternative?
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Chesslicious8 hr ago
+2
No.
Erdogan is only ''better for Greece'' compared to a ultra nationalist candidate which doesn't realistically stand a chance to win an election in Turkey. They can't even get 10 percent of the votes.
Whoever is the head of Turkey next won't even think of starting a war due to
1)How shitty financial situation is
2)How divided the country is
3)Erdogan destroyed our army to prevent any possible coups from military.
Starting a war is the fastest way to lose long-term support.
The only way Erdogan might remotely think of starting a war is 2028 if it is obvious he is gonna lose the election and somehow wants to cancel the elections. Even then Turkey always resorted to an attack on itself in such occasions rather than its neighbors.
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Impressive-Joke-311917 hr ago
-6
Wait, are Greece and Turkey in a conflict?
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Gierni14 hr ago
+12
No they are not. But let's say that if Greece is above 3% of GDP spending it's not because they are afraid of Russia.
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Pharnox-3211 hr ago
The tip of the iceberg:
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/chairman-menendez-delivers-floor-speech-condemning-erdogans-threat-to-attack-athens-with-ballistic-missiles
https://verfassungsblog.de/what-happened-at-the-greece-turkey-border-in-early-2020/
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Blackstone000717 hr ago
-8
no. they are allies. both far right nationalists in both these countries would love some confrontation.
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Angeronus15 hr ago
+11
They are allies only on paper. They do have conflicting interests mainly in the Aegean Sea region which are serious enough to cause military confrontation at some point, hence this defence pact with France and the heavy spending in military equipment.
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rajinis_bodyguard15 hr ago
-2
Isn't Cyprus and Macedonia kind of contested territories?
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