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The area was crucial to Christians on their
way to fight the Crusades in the Mid-East.
Today Turkey is one of NATO's favorite sons.
Turk soldiers fought and died in the Korean Civil War
so Truman would not have to mobilize the whole U.S.
It's Bosporous and Dardanelles form one
of the world's most important sea lanes.
Many men died over them during W.W.I
in one of Churchill's biggest screw ups.
From here, land artillery can engage ships traveling
from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean Sea.
This was considered crucial for U.S. attempts to
keep the U.S.S.R's navy out of the Mediterranean.
The U.S. gave huge amounts of $$$ on the
Turkish military and slaughtered Kurds
so the Soviet Black Sea fleet would not
have free access to the Mediterranean Sea.
The NATO base at Incirlik is a cornerstone
of U.S. efforts to dominate the Mid-East.
NATO hopes to expand into Lebanon, Israel and Egypt.
Turkey is the key to a plan to extend NATO
from the Balkans all the way to the Mid-East.
Turkey is a major route for heroine shipments to the KLA.
An oil pipe line from Iraq still allows Dollar Bill to
reap
the political rewards of cheap oil as Iraqi children starve.
The govt. keeps a tight rein on Muslims.
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