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Old 2011-09-09, 14:43   Link #16363
DonQuigleone
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 35
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Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness View Post
a military escort for a mission who's purpose is to breach a navel blockade turns it into a military action.
thats an act of war.
Entering palestinian waters is not an act of war against Israel.

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1)NATO would not intervene on Turkey's behalf.
a fact that you are perfectly aware of.
NATO would be legally required to enter on the side of Turkey in the case of Turkey being attacked. It's a mutual defense treaty. They would have no choice, unless they want to start an international incident.

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2)the Turkish army is NOT 5 times larger then the Israeli one, its not even twice as large so i'm not sure where you got your data from.
Turkey has the second largest army in NATO, with 400,000 active personnel, 400,000 reservists and 18 million men fit for military service, Israel has 187,000 active personnel, 565,000 reservists but only 1.2 million more available fit for service. I'm a little bit off, but Turkey has a very capable army.

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3)the Turkish air force has around 200 F-16s while the Israeli air force has over 300 F-16 and around 80 additional F-15. most of them MORE modern then Turkey's because they get upgraded in Israel.
Can't deny that Israel's airforce is a bit better, but Israel can't as easily take out Turkey's air force like it did with Egypt.

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4)the Turkish navy's size doesn't matter if the conflict takes place within range of the Israeli air force (which it kinda has too).
True, but they are still there.

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5)Turkey, believe it or not, is surrounded by MORE enemies then Israel is, and doesn't have the "luxury" of being able to warn them that their attempt at intervening would result in a less then conventional retaliation.
None of them are going to join in with Israel.

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Erdugan has been acting like a dick towards Israel for a LONG time before the Flotila thing.
which is on par with how poorly his relations with the REST of his neighborer have gone so far.
Netanyahu is still the king of dickery. Netanyahu isn't exactly popular with his own people either, unlike erdogan...

EDIT: Also, nations can't be so easily kicked out of NATO.
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