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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by xhevahir on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:17AM (#31398704)
That sounds like a very big and complicated undertaking, both politically and militarily.

Turkey has NATO's second-largest army, for one thing.

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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by tuukkah on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:29AM (#31398897)
Perhaps it's more important to have Turkey in NATO than Sweden and Finland, but I honestly don't know. I hear Finland has a strong army and it's useful to have all of the Baltic Sea countries in NATO.
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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by xxpor on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:51AM (#31399231)
Turkey's location is incredibly important strategically. They control access to the Black Sea.
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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by tuukkah on Monday May 16, 2022 @04:38PM (#31402871)
Turkey is second-largest based on manpower, right? Time to update that ranking soon: Turkey 775,000 vs Finland 937,000 military personnel available
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Re:Sweden to Apply for NATO Membership by m00dy on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @12:43PM (#31413245)
hahahha :D You missed the fact that every turk born as a soldier when it comes to availability :)
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