[NonValueAdded]

So we just gave Turkey veto power over our military maneuvers?

[SJackson]

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[hinckley buzzard]

"Turkey was and remains a very important strategic anchor in the Middle East," Ayalon concluded

Diplospeak is nice but Israel better be reading the handwriting on the wall. Obama is providing cover for Turkey to slide back into the Islamic swamp.

Soon Israel will be on her own, supported only by conservative American Christians. Unfortunately, Jews fear them more than the Jihadists who will come and kill their wives and children for them.

[Outlaw Woman]

I knew this was coming. I read about this ‘joint’ military exercise last week and thought “something isn’t right about this”.....This must have been scheduled prior to the Fascist taking office.

[xkaydet65]

Just saw on Fox that we’re holding joint maneuvers with IDF focused on war with Iran. These maneuvers are scheduled to begin tomorrow.

[Salvation]

Sad. I was hoping this would take place.

[Eleutheria5]

What a bunch of turkeys.

[a_Turk]

Report: Turkey excluded Israel over military delivery delay October 14, 2009

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Turkey excluded Israel from a NATO military exercise because of Israel's delay in delivering unmanned aerial vehicles to Turkey, a Turkish newspaper reported.

“Turkey needs those vehicles in its fight against terror. What led to the recent crisis between Turkey and Israel was the delay in the delivery,” Today's Zaman quoted an unnamed senior Turkish air force official as saying on Wednesday.

The UAV surveillance drones are known as Herons. Turkey signed on four years ago to purchase 10 of the Herons from Israeli Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems, Ltd. at a cost of over $180 million. The companies missed the original delivery deadline and then missed a new deadline to deliver four Herons in August, followed shortly after by another two and then the last four by the end of October, the newspaper reported.

Two Herons that have already been delivered have not been used by Turkey due to problems with strengthening the engine that the Israeli companies were supposed to take care of, according to the report.

"The General Staff asked Israeli authorities one last time about the delivery of the Herons. Israeli authorities refused to give an exact date and said they planned to deliver the vehicles by the end of 2009, whereupon the General Staff decided to cancel the international part of the exercises,” the air force official told the newspaper. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Syria's Foreign Minister told Al Jazeera that Turkey and Syria held joint military exercises last week, the second military exercise between the two countries since April.

Also on Tuesday, the United States criticized Turkey for excluding Israel from participation in the scheduled NATO drill, which led to its cancellation. The criticism came during a State Department press briefing.