Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses

Re:Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses by viraptor on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:47PM (#12133116)

I do. I think the answer is "never", or "not as a result of this government". When there are internal issues present, military is fragmented and may not act when needed, etc. - that's the time when NATO should be most useful and most needed. Otherwise you get a country which cannot really defend itself and announce to the world - yeah, we don't really care about them anyway.

Speculation - would Ukraine get attacked last year if it was a full NATO member?

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Re:Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses by wavefunction on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:51PM (#12133135)

>>Speculation - would Ukraine get attacked last year if it was a full NATO member?

It would have already been attacked before that. That's actually why Ukraine was attacked in fact. Putin doesn't want NATO expanding up to Russia's doorstep.

I understand the Russian concern about NATO expansion even if I don't agree with their direct aggression.

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Re:Turkish government revokes ham radio licenses by pound on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @07:48PM (#12133485)

while you are correct about Putin not wanting NATO on russia's border it's not why Ukraine was attacked. Not external causes (NATO) but internal issues/ideas/reasons, whatever sick they are

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