To: Eleutheria5
Now why would the US be selling F-35’s to Turkey in the first place?!?!?
2 posted on
04/01/2019 3:25:09 PM PDT by
ducttape45
("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
To: ducttape45
The money! The stupidity! And the money!
3 posted on
04/01/2019 3:28:30 PM PDT by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: ducttape45; hinckley buzzard; 2ndDivisionVet; caww; DoughtyOne; All
This was a stoppage of sending spare parts. When and by whom were the original F-35s sold? Glad to see them cracking down on Erdowan. Of course, he may now try to buy the F-35 equivalent from Russia, which we may also not like unless we prefer to make Putin happy.
5 posted on
04/01/2019 3:35:37 PM PDT by
gleeaikin
To: ducttape45
F-35’s suck and don’t work so it seems like a good idea to me.
6 posted on
04/01/2019 3:41:36 PM PDT by
maddog55
To: ducttape45
Turkey was part of the Joint Strike Fighter Program, way back in the 1990s. I wonder if there are public records of what the member nations donated to the R&D effort? I've seen some numbers from the U.K. and Canada, but never for the other members. Somehow I doubt that the Turks contributed much.
Looking back now, it seems like an ill-conceived part of the post-Cold War "victory lap"... procurement bureaucrats gone mad.
7 posted on
04/01/2019 3:43:01 PM PDT by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: ducttape45
Now why would the US be selling F-35’s to Turkey in the first place?!?!? Pre-Erdogan and the Islamic Fundamentalist tilt..., Turkey was a valued NATO member. Now, after purging thousands of the military who were secular and Western oriented..., it is but the proverbial "Camel's Nose Under the NATO Tent"
10 posted on
04/01/2019 3:44:55 PM PDT by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: ducttape45
Turkey is NOT a friend to the USA!!!
Get our sh!t outta Turkey!
11 posted on
04/01/2019 3:54:12 PM PDT by
bantam
To: ducttape45
The real question is why a NATO “ally” buy a Russian air defense system? Why are they still in NATO?
15 posted on
04/01/2019 4:06:10 PM PDT by
Hugin
("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
To: ducttape45
Believe me, Erdogan is sharing F-35 data with Russia.
18 posted on
04/01/2019 4:32:31 PM PDT by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: ducttape45
"...why would the US be selling F-35’s to Turkey in the first place?
Because Turkey is a NATO ally and is treaty bound to defend the US if it is attacked. Plus Lockheed Martin gets to make some money.
Now, here is a question for you. Why is Turkey in NATO? Bonus question. Should Turkey remain in NATO?
33 posted on
04/02/2019 3:27:11 AM PDT by
Former Proud Canadian
(Trudeau never saw a gay pride parade he didn't want to join.)
To: ducttape45
Apparently we have been doing this for 20 years or more. Remember when we wanted to use their air bases to move our planes to Iraq. Quid pro Quo?
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