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.
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We shouldn’t be selling any arms to Turkey anyway, period.
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
Sounds just like Lunchbucket Joe’s blackmail braggadocio in Ukraine.
Not sure the leader of Turkey likes anything much about the
West. Not particularly thrilled they are even in NATO.
I get a sense that Turkey would side with Russia over NATO if it ever came to that.
The us senateclowns went straight to ClownWorld.
Erdogan is living rent-free in their tiny little warmongering skulls.
Most of us probably didn’t know we had a pro-Turkey against America fan.
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. ;-)
read the agreement dummycrats, they have every right to deny admission
Nice touch adding your Obama quote, it explains your choosing Turkey over America and Sweden.
They know they have that right, that is why we will withhold our jets.
...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.
Sweden, home of the imported Islamic rape gangs.
It was good enough to beat Milt Dumbney, wasn't it?
Your posts are all so senseless.
Before this article, I had seen that it is upgrades that we will be withholding.
You really are a senseless poster.
. That’s funny and true! The Great NATO/NeverTrump Reanimation 😃
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