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So is Turkey finally going to let Sweden into NATO? (www.vox.com)

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The Turkey-Sweden-NATO drama, briefly explained.

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[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

he’s our best inside line to negotiating with the Russians

He also controls some extremely strategic land. Again, he knows it and is leveraging that fact, plus what you mentioned, for some kickback that likely won't be publicly announced as a trade, just something nice we happen to do for them (as you said, likely helping them fix their economy) around the same time they vote yes.

It was theorized before that we had to wait for the election to finish to get any movement, since he was worried approving Sweden in might move the needle just a hair, a hair that may have pushed the needle too far. Now that that election is over, hopefully this shit gets done.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What other strategic locations hold as much power globally as that connection to the black sea.

The other one that comes to mind is the Panama Canal.

The melting arctic will create one which control will be fought over