Turkey failed to be a true NATO member in 2003.

Submitted by M.D'Souza (United States), Apr 6, 2009 at 17:20

When the US wanted to deal with Saddam's Iraq in 2003, Turkey refused to let American forces through its territory into Iraq, though the US has a base in Turkey.

Turkey does not require to be in NATO, because it does not have the threat from the Soviet Russia, at present. It will join the Russians in the forthcoming war against Israel, which was prophesied by Ezekiel in Chapters 38 &39 (The Gog of Magog War) -- when Turkey will join the Islamic forces led by Iran to attack Israel.

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