NATO tightens the noose on Erdogan's throat

The main purpose of the visit by Stoltenberg is to keep Turkey in NATO and convince its leadership not to leave the organization. Earlier, the country's leadership had frozen the activity of the Incirlik airbase. There have been reports that the US stockpiled nuclear weapons there. On the eve Stoltenberg's visit, he spoke about how NATO defends Turkey, referring to placing the country's anti-missile and anti-aircraft systems like the "Patriot" missiles and and US AWACS planes patrolling Turkish airspace. Stoltenberg forgot to mention that the Turks began in July 2016 negotiations on the” Patriot” systems and American AWACS were used to coordinate the actions of the putschists during the coup attempt.