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applegrove

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 04:46 PM Jul 2023

Turkey Has Agreed to Let Sweden Join NATO [View all]

Turkey Has Agreed to Let Sweden Join NATO

July 10, 2023 at 3:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 123 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/07/10/turkey-has-agreed-to-let-sweden-join-nato/

"SNIP.........

“Turkey’s president gave his approval for Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance’s secretary general said, paving the way for NATO to complete a historic expansion launched in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The last-minute solution to the deadlock allows NATO to enter the summit having ironed out major differences, projecting unity in the face of Russian aggression.”



Taegon Goddard:

This is a major and very consequential win for President Biden.

........SNIP"

Applegrove:

You would think after Turkey has to take in millions of Syrian refugees that they would see the danger in Russia destabilizing the world as Russia backed Assad and kept Syrian war going.

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Excellent boston bean Jul 2023 #1
Excellent niyad Jul 2023 #2
How nice of them Mad_Machine76 Jul 2023 #3
Great! Kaleva Jul 2023 #4
So Erdogan will finally get the Chuuku Davis Jul 2023 #5
Sad - but (probably) true peppertree Jul 2023 #12
I wonder what they were holdingo out for. Qutzupalotl Jul 2023 #6
Same question. Curious as to what the payoff was to get them to agree finally. nt Carlitos Brigante Jul 2023 #7
EU admission and F16s Chuuku Davis Jul 2023 #8
Dispute was over Sweden allowing free speech about the "prophet". I don't know what resolution was.n Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #10
They won't allow free speech about the Prophet now. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #13
No (& that wasn't the main reason anyway, see post 14), Turkey threw a strop because multiple times Celerity Jul 2023 #17
No, the main dispute was Turkey has been accusing us of harbouring Kurdish activists they regard Celerity Jul 2023 #14
That's the reason I remember hearing. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #20
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but Haggis 4 Breakfast Jul 2023 #26
Fethullah Gulen Celerity Jul 2023 #31
I think I was mistakenly giving too much weight to the recent incident with the Iraqi burning quran Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #30
Press statement following the meeting between Turkiye, Sweden, and the NATO Secretary General Celerity Jul 2023 #19
This is VERY good news! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #9
About time. Long overdue for Turkey to stop holding it up. wnylib Jul 2023 #11
Good! nt SunSeeker Jul 2023 #15
Kudos to T[u umlaut]rkiye soldierant Jul 2023 #16
Ball's in your court, Orban. LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #18
A week ago: Hungary Says It'll Back Sweden's NATO Entry Once Turkey Moves Celerity Jul 2023 #21
That's good. LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #22
Good news. Every day of delay was a gift to Pootie. Martin68 Jul 2023 #23
This is Turkey's 2nd move against the wishes of Putin in less than a week FakeNoose Jul 2023 #24
Indeed. Does seem like there's more here than meets the eye. calimary Jul 2023 #25
Maybe the threat of Turkey being in Putin's orbit, or pal, is not so safe so applegrove Jul 2023 #28
Okay, NOW, let's admit Ukraine !! Haggis 4 Breakfast Jul 2023 #27
cant til the war is over. mopinko Jul 2023 #32
Kicking back to the top. n/t ChazII Jul 2023 #29
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