Originally Posted by
mtkeller
... but placing Turkey in Europe instead of Asia is suspect in the first place...
Well, part of it
is in Europe, geographically. And geopolitically, Turkey is a lot more "European" than "Asian".
Originally Posted by
mtkeller
I don't think ST is either of these. It's got a long way to go, and being the last alliance to form, certainly does have to overcome a bit of stigma as the "leftover alliance".
ST might be a relatively young alliance namewise, but its roots actually go back way longer than both *A and OW. The Wings Alliance was built around NW, KL and AZ (as well as CO and others), so there are really no excuses for the current lack of integration in ST.