Originally Posted by
henra
I would possibly not be 100% as harsh as you but in a general direction I share your doubts. I would not consider them nearly as reliable as most other NATO members. Turkey has its own territorial/area of influence Agenda. And you can see this in several conflicts in Near/Middle East up to Armenia/Azerbaidschan. NATO has been a vehicle for them to aquire Top Notch Equipment and having its back covered while stirring the pot in the region.
I have mixed feelings about this. I worked for a Turk in NATO, and learned to appreciate their position as a significant regional power, but, I am very much a supporter of a Kurdish homeland.
(Come on, man: if we supported one for Bosniaks and Kosovars, how about a little love for the Kurds, eh?)
I would occasionally refer to the war in Iraq as "Operation Kurdish Freedom" and was only partly joking. Alas, it didn't work out that way.