Salut ! I'm afraid, Aries, that on this issue I'm rather on Valeri's side. I can say from personal experience in the USA as a UK NATO delegate, that the US has always regarded itself as "master/ maitre" of the puppets, and the rest of the NATO member-nations (including the UK, Greece, and Turkey) as being the "puppets / marionettes".

Unfortunately, Turkey is of more interest to the USA as it borders on Iraq, Iran, Syria, and all sorts of other "useful" countries, whereas Greece doesn't. So the USA - possibly through the Dane Fogh Rasmussen, [...]

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Chancellor Bismarck in Germany 140 years ago called this "realpolitik". I'm afraid he was entirely right; it hasn't changed much since.

Valeri
First i agree with the syllogism
US's expansionist tactics.
Second.Turkey creates the proble
vis a vis under the auspices of US
this story (overflying the Territorial waters of Greece and neglecting the Athens FIR) date
from circa 70's since Greece her first succesfull attempt in sea oil drilling south of Kavala anf north of Thasos in Greek Territorial waters this is the whole history, the continental shelf the territorial waters would not have mattered if there was no oil at stake.
now about the article [...]

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Jutland Post on 30/9/2005
had the bad idea of creating a
Cartoon under the the name
"Muhammeds Ansigt" The faces of
Muhamed" it cwas composed of caricatures of the Prohet in associated with the terrorism.
thing which caused riots against
Daniish Embassies in Syria Lebanon
Iran with about 100 dwaths.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen became the 12th NATO Secretary General on 1 August 2009, succeeding Jaap de Hoop Sceffer, who held the post from 2004 until 2009. The announcement was made on 4 April 2009 in Strasbourg. During the final selection process only one country, Turkey, remained opposed to Rasmussen's candidacy, because of his handling of the Cartoon episode in 2005. Another major point of Turkey's opposition was Denmark's tolerance of Roj TV which is claimed by the Turks to be a mouthpiece for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Eventually, Turkey withdrew its opposition to Rasmussen's appointment when it received assurances from US president Barack Obama that Turkish officials would be appointed to three high posts in NATo therefore uncle Sam did it again makimng Rasmussen to clean up the mess he was alleged to have made back in 2005.the usual trade and barter in which orientals always excell.
We are a nation that has good friend but mortal enemies due to our geopolitical status.
ps
I must make clear that i am 100 %
in accordancewith the uppheavel
of the Islamic faith for the Coran
prohibits any portryal of the
Prophet let alone Cartoons.

Aries,
this illustrates what I said that NATO ( US, who are we kidding) is more concerned with its survival/enlargement that to support one member vs another.
The US intends to delegate more and more of their wars to NATO, and junior members, like BG and FYROM in the near future, are important to them.
Greece is just creating difficultieas for them, but note how they go to Turkey instead.
Quite frankly, I think both, Greece and Turkey, are creating problems, just to see what they can get from their uncle, (Sam) [...]

Read the full comment when he is in bad spot.... so he's running down to put out the little fire, and see what is it those little ones want...
Mean while all one hears is: uncle like you more because you are bigger!
No uncle likes YOU more bacause you look like his side of the family!
And so on.... fun;)