Turkey is the Wildcard of NATO

CORRECTION: Henry A caught a mistake I said "pakistan" is into the CSTO , I misspoke Tajikistan is in the CSTO not Pakistan! Hey Spare Parts Army! I think Turkey is one of those "can't live with em' can't live without em' " relationships. They play an important part in the NATO alliance even if their choices are a little debatable sometimes. unironically hooah photos: www.instagram.com/cappyarmy/ uniornically hooah tweets twitter.com/Cappyarmy

Can you really blame the Turks for hating America? The US has attempted at least 81 coups from 1946-2000. That’s 1.5 coups a year. Whenever America attempts a regime change of another country it’s called “freedom and democracy”, but when other countries attempt the same it’s “warmongering and tyranny”. Double standards and hypocrisy at its finest.

I think that NATO and the USA should criticize themselves on some issues. When Turkey shot down the Russian SU-24 plane in 2015, NATO and the USA left Turkey alone against Russia. While terrorist organizations were carrying out bombing actions in Turkey's cities that killed many civilians, Turkey again left alone. After these events, we cannot criticize the Turks because their trust in NATO and the USA has decreased because NATO and the USA caused this.

6:49 you said "Turkey doubles oil imports from russia" but you did not said greeks literally smuggling russian oils in aegean sea. Nobody says anything about that.

"To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal” Henry Kissinger “I helped plan coups in other countries.” John Bolton

In the case for S-400, Turkey has been asking for their own Patriots for basically years and best they got was Patriots that were controlled by Germans, which were taken back to Germany in 2015 (considering the coup attempt the next year), this made Turkish government be wary of their air defence which their NATO allies seem to ignore. So Turkey went for alternatives which only S-400 was accepted. Erdoğan tried use this purchase to get Patriots, but it was denied again, so he went with the purchase.

So Turkey tried to stop us from doing Iraq? And now Turkey wants to talk to Russia about resolving Ukraine? Sounds like they're a sensible partner, and we should be listening to them more, not treating them like a pariah.

The Turkish are a strong people with strong wills, they are not servants to an agenda. Also you seem to have left out a key detail about the S400, for years Türkiye asked USA for Patriot missile systems but were constantly refused by their “allies” so they had no other choice. Not too mention NATO counterparts have constantly and repeatedly dismissed Turkish national security concerns in Syria and supported anti Turkish group. Don’t punch them in the face and then condemn them for raising their guard.

İn Afganistan , all nato millitary groups use Turkish flag when they send their troops out from military bases.

When he says wildcard he means the only independent nation in NATO.

This guy literally thinks that Turkey should really say yes to whatever NATO dictates on it :D

For those questioning Turkey’s alliance, I’d like to remind them that Turkey was the fourth-largest military contributor to the Korean War upon the call of the United Nations. While numbers are important, what you do with those numbers is much more significant. In the Battle of Kunu-ri, Korea, UN Forces faced a sudden assault by six Chinese divisions. Instead of retreating, Turkish Brigade absorbed and halted the Chinese attack, thereby saving the U.S. 2nd Division and UN Forces from total annihilation. However, they themselves were surrounded by Chinese forces. Under this dire siege, they fought for three nights until they ran out of ammunition. While it was believed that the Turkish Brigade had been annihilated, the Turkish soldiers, for whom the concept of ‘being taken prisoner’ does not exist in their war tradition, initiated the bloodiest bayonet charge of the entire Korean War. The Turkish soldiers launched a bayonet charge to the south, engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat, breaking through the encirclement. During these battles, the Turkish Brigade suffered 717 casualties. Following these battles, the Commander of the UN Coalition Forces, General Douglas MacArthur, said, "the Turks are the hero of heroes. There is no impossibility for the Turkish Brigade." President Harry Truman awarded the Turkish brigade with a Presidential Unit Citation for their valiant efforts in saving the U.S. 2nd Division from total annihilation. The heroic struggle of the Turks at Kunu-ri against enemy forces that were far superior in numbers gave hope to the demoralized allied forces and became a turning point in the war. Yes, perhaps a lot of time has passed since this war, but to see what kind of a friend Turkiye can be when necessary, one may need to look back further than just a few years.

Whole video's theme is " Why don't Turkiye give everything U.S. wants and surrender to U.S. completely".

Turkey was right to be mad about the entire air defense system fiasco. Check out how many times they asked their allies to give them Patriot technologies, and they were in dire need of them too considering the geographical neighbors they have....

Well Nato is not a democracy pact, it is a security pact

When Türkiye makes a strategic move, all other countries can do is "cry" in defense. 😊

You missed a crucial point in 08:00, Turkey lacks air defence systems and requested American Patriot systems REPEATEDLY from the US because Greece's hostlie weaponization is an open threat to Turkey, despite these requests, America ignored those and Turkey had to take a deal with Russia to close this gap in it's defence systems, not only that, other NATO members have s300s in their systems as well, which is also made by Russia. And not to forget that USA kicked Turkey out from the F35 system which was directly supported and contributed by Turkey.

Does Cappy pronounce things wrong and differently every time just to mess with us or is it unintentional?

I absolutely despise you for using terms like "kurdish militia" "kurdish groups" when describing pkk. A terrorist organisation is a terrorist organisation and it should be addressed as such. Has it killed civilians? Yes. Then it's over. No arguing. No word plays. Haven't seen anyone call ISIS "militia" in US.

As a Turkish, Being a border country in a region where world diplomacy never stops, moreover, considering that our commercial and neighborly relations will be long-term, Although we have turned our face to the western world, we have to play a subtle game of chess to maintain our independence. Russia, Iraq, Syria etc. Although these countries are problematic neighbors, they are our valuable trade/market area.