Turkey, Greece, and France are at it. How does a war work when all countries are a part of NATO?

submitted by PencilPusher55 from self.politics

Quoting the article https://www.cowrynews.com/france-boosts-military-presence-in-the-east-mediterranean-sea-telling-turkey-to-behave/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

"France has made comprehensive plans to boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, in reaction to the stand-off between Turkey and Greece, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday. He called on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece.

“The situation in the eastern Mediterranean is worrying. Turkey’s unilateral decisions on oil exploration are causing tensions,” the French leader tweeted in both French and Greek.

“These must end in order to allow a peaceful dialogue between neighboring countries and allies within NATO,” he said and added: “I have decided to temporarily strengthen the French military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean in the coming days, in cooperation with European partners including Greece.”

How does this work? They're all in NATO. Hell, does it even matter?

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[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Joke's on them. NATO is brain-dead, by the French President's own words.

Hey, if any of these assholes paid their fair share of NATO, we might have a problem. But they don't, so why the hell should we support asshole countries who despise us and want us out of Europe?

None of them have enough military to hurt each other anyway. It's going to be like a retard fight at the lunch counter over the last pudding cup.

[–]PencilPusher55[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Hahahah holy shit that last bit. Good stuff, man. Sometimes I think it would be comical to just send in an enormous fleet of US warships and break it up. With a big flag waving on the ship that reads "Did someone say oil?".