re: US Tells Russia That NATO May Continue Expansion East, Russia Says It May Use Force

Yet, they still rattle sabers with Russia, occasionally shoot down their planes, and resist reincorporation of Turkish held portions of Syria back into Assad-led government control.

Like I said, the Turks are playing both sides of this geopolitical war. There's also a ton of shenanigans ongoing between the Turks, Greeks, and Israelis over disputed Maritime borders. Within those borders are both massive natural gas deposits and multiple planned pipelines to Europe. This has caused a recent re-escalation of the Greek/Turkish conflict, but the media has largely blacked out this issue, and finding any information about it on Youtube is almost impossible.