NUCLEAR DEPLOYMENT: Out of Turkey and Into Poland.

Early in 2017, I wrote about the tactical nuclear imbalance between Russia and NATO regarding both quantity and deliverance capability. There are reportedly 150 deployed U.S. controlled, tactical nuclear weapons based in five European countries including Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Turkey in contrast to the estimated 1850 Russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons. I illustrated that Russia possesses the superior tactical nuclear force and likened the imbalance to NATO playing a game of chess without a queen. I will make the case that tactical nuclear weapons controlled by the U.S. should be moved out of Turkey and into Poland. There are four points I will address that make a strong case for this strategic decision.

First is the current security and political situation in Turkey.

You hardly need four reasons when this is the first one.