Revival of Ancient Antipathies Between Greece and Turkiye Reveals Insincerity of NATO Membership

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), May 31, 2022 at 20:22

The neverending rivalry between Greece and Turkiye is revealed as a tell about Turkiye's actual intentions in consolidating influences in the Middle East; it is no secret that Turkiye's government seeks to expand Islamic infleunces in the Middle East, even to the extent of overshadowing the 'Palestinian' and Iranian Islamic Regime's proxy attempts to hide its nuclear intentions to overwhelm Israel with regional superiority that would evenually allow them to (potentially) 'eradicate Israel'; then Turkiye and the Iranian Islamic Regime would tussle with each other before Russia comes from the north and all are trying to claim their dominance for Jerusalem. The inconsequence of NATO is seen here; Turkiye's membership being a straw man with no legitimate advocacy for supporting any European interests in the Middle East and no legitimate cause for supporting any NATO alliance partner outside of the Middle East-it is antithetical.
NOte the same paranoia of Turkiye's fear of Greek influences in the Med is similar to Russia's fear of NATO: thus pushing back on not allowing Finland and Sweden to join; common attitudes towards common enemies.

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