Obama Administration Wants to Give Turkey SuperCobras

Israel National News ^ | 10/28/2011 | Gavriel Queenann

[sukhoi-30mki]

[yldstrk]

So Turkey can attack Iraq where we just lost American blood? No.

[GeronL]

How long before Turkey uses them against our ‘allies’ the Kirds of northern Iraq?

[Flintlock]

Whoopieeee!
Let’s us arm our ISLAMIC ENEMY!

AND—at a DISCOUNT!
(What could possibly go wrong?)

[Flintlock]

Whoopieeee!
Let’s us arm our ISLAMIC ENEMY!

AND—at a DISCOUNT!
(What could possibly go wrong?)

[1rudeboy]

We’ve been sending them F-16’s for years, I think.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Good ol’ zero helping his muslime butt buddies, as usual.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Yeah, when they were basically a secular nation, and behaved, usually, as an ally should. That is no longer the case. They should be treated as any other muslime country.

[RGSpincich]

Works for me.

[omega4179]

Read the article.

[stuartcr]

Are we supposed to like or dislike Turkey. It gets confusing sometimes.

[Carbonsteel]

So, Obama is reluctant to sell fighters to Taiwan, but will sell gunships to Turkey?

I just don't get it.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We still have an air base in Turkey, I think.

[MestaMachine]

Turkey snd Iran have a mutual agreement to wipe out the Kurds PERIOD. And they have been doing so for years. At this time, things are heating up for the Kurds in Iraq very negatively, especially since we will be gone soon. They have been ordered to get rid of all public displays of their flag, even on their own government buildings. Those who have refused have had the flags forcibly removed by Iraqi troops.
The Kurdish flag that was in front of the Iraqi government buiding to represent the Kurds elected to the Iraqi parliament has been taken down as well.
There is no way we should be ugrading Turkey’s weapons. NONE. There is going to be a genocide over there when we leave.

[spetznaz]

This may be a silly question, but why would Turkey want AHs when it is getting a derivative of the Mangusta? (Just noted the really interesting naming of the two helicopters ...the AH-1 cobra, and the Mangusta, or Mongoose, in English - and aren't mongooses supposed to be cobra killers?) Anyways, if Turkey has decided to develop the T-129, which is based on the very capable A-129 Mangusta by Italy, why would they want/need additional SuperCobras? What am I missing here?

Mangusta:

[stuartcr]

And a commsta also. Do we like them or not?

[Fractal Trader]

That’s not a super cobra. It’s an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.

[LibLieSlayer]

Oh hell no.

LLS

[moose-matson]

To attack the Kurds? Well, why not...after all, Turkey is 98.5% muslim.

[aces]

its treason..