Mr. Erdogan goes to Washington
Jazz ShawPosted at 8:01 am on November 13, 2019
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The President is describing this as a trade negotiation meeting, and he’s certainly within his rights to address such matters. But even on the subject of trade, Turkey has been a bad faith actor this year. Our supposed ally has already purchased two shipments of Russian S-400 missile systems, despite having been offered our Patriot missiles as an alternative. The Russian technology is not compatible with the equipment used by NATO forces and may wind up compromising restricted military hardware.
On top of that, Erdogan is reportedly close to inking a deal to purchase Su-35 fighter jets from the Russians as well. At this point, that might wind up being for the best because the other alternative was to have the United States sell them our state of the art F-35 fighters. If Erdogan is just going to turn around and expose our most advanced military hardware to his new buddies in Moscow, that turns the sale into a Lose-Lose proposition.
And let’s not forget that Turkey is currently patrolling the northern border of Syria in conjunction with Russian troops. Reports continue to surface of Turkish military units gunning down Kurdish civilian protesters.
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