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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.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: erdogan; finland; hungary; kurdistan; nato; patrickgoodenough; playingemlikeafiddle; receptayyiperdogan; sweden; turkey
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To: DoughtyOne
"Not particularly thrilled they are even in NATO.

Kick Turkey out of NATO and replace with Sweden and Finland.

21 posted on 02/03/2023 2:40:34 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: Wonder Warthog

I agree with your thought.

What I don’t like is sending Turkey into another large
nation’s camp.

Hopefully the next leader of Turkey will be more pro
western.


22 posted on 02/04/2023 10:10:31 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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