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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (73743)	2/14/2003 9:49:58 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>it does not include the non-European spheres of influence<< You're still wrong. Don't you remember, after 9/11, NATO countries sent military jets to patrol the US? NATO is also obligated to defend Turkey. Good soldiers don't wait for an invasion before they start contingency planning. War may not be inevitable, but the issue is, if war comes, Turkey may be in danger, and if so, what will NATO do? Your argument that NATO isn't obligated to defend Turkey is interesting -- maybe that's the underlying truth, that NATO doesn't want to defend Turkey, that it's a one way street, at least in the eyes of some NATO countries. I have no idea how much money the US spent defending Germany and the rest of Europe during the Cold War, but it wasn't cheap. If it's a one way street, that might explain what's going on now.