Konyok;

That’s a very important development–so the translation has nothing on race. Thank you for that.

I find it highly unlikely that the U.S. 6th Fleet–or at least the carrier– would transit the Bosporus. I would not be surprised to see a multinational NATO Mediterranean squadron go to observe, however, since that would make it less “American” and more “European.”

We should remember how difficult it was to get the Russians to accept a NATO force into the Black Sea over Operation Active Endeavor.