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Originally Posted by FlameOn
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This is actually really significant. How they (Turkey) can say it doesn't go against NATO is ridiculous. They just signed an intelligence agreement with NATOs biggest adversary, and being a NATO member themselves, they are going to have access to all kinds of NATO intelligence. They need to be cut off by NATO if they aren't already.
Turkey is strategically important for NATO, but they are also the biggest weakness given their instability and inability to control their borders (not to mention history of war, colonization and occupation against other NATO countries). Some people in Europe will always have trouble accepting Turkey for that reason, whether it is fair or not.
I wonder if NATO starts wooing Ukraine again. IMO, Russia signing this agreement with Turkey is no different than NATO going into Ukraine.