[Gen.Blather]

“Because they have long standing ties to the Crimean Tartars and are also directly threatened by Russia’s aggressiveness in the Black Sea and Caucasus.”

So, we’re bound by treaty to defend Turkey if they’re attacked, does that mean if they provoke the attack? Because if the mess with Putin’s efforts to rebuild the Russian empire they’re going to get their &ss handed to them. Frankly, I don’t want to defend a Muslim nation that sided against us in the Iraq war. It was only Bush’s bluff that kept Saddam from moving his northern army to Kuwait.

[pierrem15]

As someone noted, the Bosporus is Turkey's sovereign territory: they can do with it what they like, so it can't be considered a "provocation."

And we are still bound by our NATO obligations if Turkey is attacked.

We are just beginning to reap the fruits of having a "community activist" foisted upon us as President by a lapdog media.