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McCaul open to selling F-16s to Turkey — even if Erdoğan wins
McCaul open to selling F-16s to Turkey — even if Erdoğan wins
That’s a major shift for the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his change from “no” to “yes” makes the arms sale that much closer to reality.www.politico.com
"Rep. GREGORY MEEKS (D-N.Y.), HFAC’s top Democrat, has broader conditions than McCaul, and they include Ankara halting its belligerence toward Greece, which could come after the election ends.
“As of right now, I’m not in favor of the F-16 sales to Turkey,” Meeks said. “I want those elections to be resolved, and then I have to see some action from Turkey. Absent that action, I’m against it. And blocking Sweden is one of those actions that I’m looking to see — is one — and there are some others.”
That aligns Meeks, roughly, with SFRC Chair BOB MENENDEZ (D-N.J.), who repeats that Turkey (read: Erdoğan) must radically shift its foreign policy before delivery. It’s not only the Sweden issue for him, but also ending aggression toward Greece — a fellow NATO ally — ceasing support for Azerbaijan against Armenia and releasing journalists and dissidents from prison."
And they're still acting as if F-16s are some wonder weapon. Fuck those planes, and keep going with KAAN.Whats the point in having f16's if we cannot use them to pursue our geopolitical interests.
Here Turks give up on all regional interests and we will give you overpriced weapons with all sorts of conditions attached that you cannot use anyway.
So we must conclude that they are just finding any excuse hinder our defence.
And they're still acting as if F-16s are some wonder weapon. Fuck those planes, and keep going with KAAN.
The point of being in nato is to protect ourselves from nato.what is the point in being in NATO
The point of being in nato is to protect ourselves from nato.
That's why I always advocate for Türkiye to have those fucking Nukes. Being in this situation and not having nukes is utterly wrong.unfortunately. What a shitty relationship. Terrible to be in it but a nightmare to be outside it.
Yes, definitelyThat's why I always advocate for Türkiye to have those fucking Nukes.
Yeah, he says this every other month while stabbing Putin in the back with the other.
Türkiye and Greece decided to mutually cancel their planned naval exercises. Türkiye canceled the Denizkurdu and Greece canceled the Kataigis exercises.
Looks like your regular garden variety good will gesture.
So true.showing greeks good will is as useful as showing russians goodwill.