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Originally posted by MagiK:
1. I think it is wrong for France, Germany and Belgium to deny Turkey protection that it is due under the NATO treaty.
2. I believe that the war on Iraq is just and is in fact a fight against international terrorism and it's sponsors.
3. I believe that the President of the USA was accused of several things by people here, and that those accusations have proven false.
4. I didn't say my parting thoughts would all be connected or would form a coherent thought.
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1. The problem is that Paragraph 5 of the NATO-treaty (the musketeer-oath) is for
defense - not attack. It states that an attack on one member is an attack on all - and it was activated after sept.11. after USA was attacked. In this case however Turkey isn't being attacked (or threatened - Paragraph 4) - rather the opposite. Not only does Turkey have (IIRC) 12.000 men inside Iraq at the moment - they also want to aid USA in it's upcomming war with Iraq. The NATO-treaty does not cover here.
2. I have yet to see any real evidence of the link between international terrorism and Iraq. The war in Afghanistan (and terrorism in general) is justified because the Taliban regime was helping Al-Queda.
3. What accusations I have to ask.
4. That's OK [img]smile.gif[/img]