Turkey’s role in Syria and Iraq was also discussed, including realities virtually hidden in the Western corporate press – like the unwelcome presence of Turkish troops in Iraq near Mosul and Turkey’s invasion of Syria on August 24.
(See below* for what Ray wrote at the time.)
https://sputniknews.com/
(The linked “Loud and Clear” interview runs for 17 minutes.)
*August 26, 2016: Anyone see anything out of the ordinary with Turkey, a NATO ally, invading another country (Syria)? What obligations do Turkey’s allies incur if/when Syria aircraft fly off with Russian support from Russian constructed Syrian in-country airfields to attack Turkey? Will Turkey try to activate Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, obligating Turkey’s allies to come to its aid?
No allusion to any of these key factors in the convoluted lead editorial by the New York Times Editorial Board today (August 26).
To refresh memories on mutual defense treaty obligations:
NATO Treaty: Article 5
“The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.”
Strange: How did Turkey wind up in the “North Atlantic area?”