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Senators in Bipartisan Push to Block F-16 Sale to Turkey, Unless It Relents on NATO Admissions
CNS News ^ | February 3, 2023 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 02/03/2023 11:08:26 AM PST by McGruff

President Biden’s plan to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey faced another potential roadblock on Thursday when 27 U.S. senators, most of them Democrats, informed him in a letter that if Ankara does not stop blocking Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, Congress will not support the sale.

“Congress cannot consider future support for Türkiye, including the sale of F-16 fighter jets, until Türkiye completes ratification of the accession protocols [for the two countries’ admission into NATO],” wrote the senators.

Sweden and Finland last year applied to join the transatlantic alliance, jettisoning long-held neutrality in response to the Russian invasion. All 30 current allies must ratify their membership, and so far all have done so bar Turkey and Hungary.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erdogan; finland; hungary; kurdistan; nato; patrickgoodenough; playingemlikeafiddle; receptayyiperdogan; sweden; turkey
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1 posted on 02/03/2023 11:08:26 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

We shouldn’t be selling any arms to Turkey anyway, period.


2 posted on 02/03/2023 11:10:55 AM PST by Bullish (Either we don't see it coming or they don't... But somebody's got it coming.)
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To: everyone
Related story.

Turkey's Erdogan to Sweden: ‘Don't even bother’ with NATO bid if Quran-burning is allowed

https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkeys-erdogan-tells-sweden-nato-bid-at-risk-if-quran-burning-allowed

3 posted on 02/03/2023 11:11:56 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

Sounds just like Lunchbucket Joe’s blackmail braggadocio in Ukraine.


4 posted on 02/03/2023 11:17:25 AM PST by iontheball
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To: McGruff

Not sure the leader of Turkey likes anything much about the
West. Not particularly thrilled they are even in NATO.


5 posted on 02/03/2023 11:19:29 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: McGruff

I get a sense that Turkey would side with Russia over NATO if it ever came to that.


6 posted on 02/03/2023 11:23:24 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: McGruff
LOL!

The us senateclowns went straight to ClownWorld.

Erdogan is living rent-free in their tiny little warmongering skulls.

7 posted on 02/03/2023 11:25:03 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Most of us probably didn’t know we had a pro-Turkey against America fan.


8 posted on 02/03/2023 11:31:47 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: ansel12
Turkey entertains me in the same way that President Trump entertains me.

Trump and Erdogan are both Toto in The Wizard of Oz - pulling the curtain back on the Lying Grifters shouting at us with their LieMegaphones.

The '80s called, they want their foreign policy back, ansel. ;-)

9 posted on 02/03/2023 11:41:09 AM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: McGruff

read the agreement dummycrats, they have every right to deny admission


10 posted on 02/03/2023 11:51:15 AM PST by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: kiryandil

Nice touch adding your Obama quote, it explains your choosing Turkey over America and Sweden.


11 posted on 02/03/2023 11:51:24 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: mylife

They know they have that right, that is why we will withhold our jets.


12 posted on 02/03/2023 11:55:16 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Bullish

...I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but...I don’t understand the intent of this article...The Turkish Air Force already has a great number of F-16 “Fighting Falcons” in its inventory... e.g., from another web site......

“Turkey Prepares To Extend The Life Of Its Massive F-16 Fleet After F-35 Embargo”
“After more than three decades of service, the Turkish Air Force’s F-16 Viper fleet is perhaps more important than ever. A structural improvement program is underway to ensure these fighter jets can remain in service even longer. The Vipers will fill the gap left by Turkey’s ejection from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and the pending arrival of an indigenous replacement, the TF-X.


13 posted on 02/03/2023 11:58:17 AM PST by TokarevM57 (u)
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To: ansel12
LOL!

Sweden, home of the imported Islamic rape gangs.

14 posted on 02/03/2023 12:46:38 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: ansel12
Nice touch adding your Obama quote

It was good enough to beat Milt Dumbney, wasn't it?      


15 posted on 02/03/2023 12:48:44 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: kiryandil

Your posts are all so senseless.


16 posted on 02/03/2023 12:52:06 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: TokarevM57

Before this article, I had seen that it is upgrades that we will be withholding.


17 posted on 02/03/2023 12:53:38 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: kiryandil

You really are a senseless poster.


19 posted on 02/03/2023 1:10:18 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: kiryandil

. That’s funny and true! The Great NATO/NeverTrump Reanimation 😃


20 posted on 02/03/2023 1:19:30 PM PST by JonPreston
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