Posted on 05/30/2023 11:56:34 AM PDT by McGruff
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but said the Biden administration also believed that Turkey should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as soon as possible.”
Blinken maintained that the administration had not linked the two issues but acknowledged that some U.S. lawmakers had. President Joe Biden implicitly linked the two issues in a phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday.
“I spoke to Erdogan and he still wants to work on something on the F-16s. I told him we wanted a deal with Sweden. So let’s get that done,” Biden said.
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Forget Turkey
First Sweden joins NATO
then we can talk about what Turkey gets
Great idea. Just keep hemming Russia in. I’m sure Putin won’t mind.
One of the things Turkey wants is the go-ahead for them to annex Northern Cyprus.
If Biden wants it, then it’s a bad idea
Is that Pay to Play?
Let’s see, think like a neocon...
They offer Turkey new F-16s, and want them to give their existing ones to Ukraine so as to poison their relations with Russia. Prediction; Turks don’t go for it.
NATO does not serve any purpose except to feed the military industrial complex
Doesn’t work that way sport. Turks are not up for DC power plays. Erdogan will hold out for what he wants, and DC doesn’t get Sweden in NATO until they satisfy them.
“U.S. says ‘the time is now’ for Sweden to join NATO and for Turkey to get new F-16s”
Yes on the first item and no on the later. WE don’t need Turkey to get F-16s. They may be a member of NATO but they have been going their own way and not behaving like an ally for years.
I guess the General Dynamics check cleared...
YAAAAYYY for democracy...
Looks like someone wants to sell airplanes.
I just want to know who's paying, uh, I guess the mark is me?
The American Taxpayer is always the mark.
But I thought that our good very very conservative speaker was working on a debt deal to save us all. He said so. On Twitter.
Make the world safe for perverts is US foreign policy.
They cannot tolerate any country that refuses to submit to the sickness and evil.
Sure, sure, that’s why Sweden and Finland want to join. For no purpose whatsoever.
to get more money from us, the American taxpayers?
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