Why is Turkey in NATO?
18th October 2009
Of what conceivable good, of what possible benefit, is Turkish membership in NATO to the other members of NATO? And why should Turkey be a member, and not instead a country that is of far greater value militarily and morally to that very West that NATO was originally established to protect — that is, Israel?
An excellent question, not often asked. Last time I looked, there isn’t a Soviet Union any more, and so no real need for an alliance against Soviet expansionism.