Turkey being a nato country, would invoke article 5. Would love to see how the US would try to wiggle itself out of that one. Either they protect their ally, or nato completely falls apart.
Turkey being a nato country, would invoke article 5. Would love to see how the US would try to wiggle itself out of that one. Either they protect their ally, or nato completely falls apart.
Everyone instinctively understands that there's 3 tiers for NATO members.
Tier 1 - USA
Tier 2 - Western Core (UK, France, etc.)
Tier 3 - Periphery (Turkey, Bulgaria, etc.)
Western hypocrisy has been on display for the past couple of centuries without a problem, so I expect them to smoothly squirm their way out of their obligations when it comes to defending tier 3 nations. Tier 3 nations understand this paradigm already - Poland wouldn't be on a spending spree buying military hardware if they thought that their NATO membership made them untouchable.
This is the answer.