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If Turkey Invades Israel, It Will be With American Weapons
National Security Journal ^ | 7/30/2024 | Michael Rubin

Posted on 07/30/2024 8:19:17 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

The true scandal, however, is that if Turkey were to act against Israel, it likely would do so with American weaponry. Certainly, Turkey has its own domestic military industry, largely built on cribbed and stolen American technology, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan pushed through Congress a significant upgrade of Turkey’s airpower, essentially rewarding Erdogan’s NATO extortion. Sullivan thought the deal sophisticated and Kissinger-esque, but in actuality, it reflected his ignorance of Erdogan’s true motivations and his failure to understand that Kissinger’s legacy was a net-negative in the Eastern Mediterranean. Certainly, Israel’s F-35s trump Turkey’s F-16s, but the avionics upgrades Biden blessed still mean Turkey has significant lethality. Rewarding Erdogan’s antics rather than tying military relations to an end to Turkey’s northern Cyprus occupation also gives Turkey a forward pad from which to launch its drones or missiles. Indeed, Turkey has already bragged that Geçitkale, as it renamed the occupied Lefkoniko Air Base, will be a drone base from which it can strike all of Israel.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: hamas; israel; military; turkey
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To: Angelino97

Scripture might be inerrant. People’s interpretation of Scripture isn’t.
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Good to see you are at the very least consulting Scripture.


21 posted on 07/30/2024 9:38:17 AM PDT by delta7
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To: whyilovetexas111

The ONLY people who win in war are the MIC...and the elites who want you dead.


22 posted on 07/30/2024 10:05:11 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

Greece would likely help some, yes (but it wouldn’t be needed as the job would be essentially completed very quickly)


23 posted on 07/30/2024 10:38:58 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: delta7
Yes, but I use Catholic study Bibles.

Their notes explaining Scripture are at odds with Dispensationalism.

24 posted on 07/30/2024 10:59:40 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Brian Griffin
35 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Only effective against low flying aircraft.

25 posted on 07/30/2024 11:36:57 AM PDT by fso301
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