[capydick]

If Turkey invokes Article 5 - our CIC is gonna wet all over himself. Why we wanted the Turks in NATO baffles me....this could also be a setup to draw us into a fight with Russia: Turkey allows one of its fighter jets to be shot down, invokes Article 5 and draws the infidels into WWIII in the Middle East

[WhiskeyX]

No, it won’t work. it takes a lot more than a few aircraft or ships destroyed before a war is begun, unless one of the parties intends to make war.

[Lazamataz]

Russia is no longer a paper bear. We better hope not.

[Jim Noble]

Yes, I think Erdogan’s long-term goals would be well served by a US-Russia war fought on European territory.

[celmak]

Ten to one our CAC (Chicken and Chief) will say; “Article 5 says that the response may include armed force, but it does not mandate it.”