Erdogan Threatens to Buy Russian Jets

[applegrove]

Erdogan Threatens to Buy Russian Jets

November 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard20 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/13/erdogan-threatens-to-buy-russian-jets/

"SNIP.....

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepares for Wednesday’s White House meeting with President Trump, he’s threatening to further inflame tensions between Washington and Ankara by purchasing Russian military fighter jets, NBC News reports.

“The possibility of Turkey, a NATO ally, acquiring more military equipment from Putin adds a new dimension to the controversy around Trump’s decision to give Erdogan the prestigious platform of a White House meeting.”

......SNIP"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. OOPSIE Trump!

There is NO choice now than to call for Turkey to leave NATO. This goes against NATO in principle.

[applegrove]

3. It is a barganing chip for Turkey as he meets with Trump. Diplomacy

is gone.

[Grins]

4. Turkey buying anti-missile defense sytems from Russia - reason enough to kick'em out of NATO. Now!

NM

[TheFarseer]

5. I thought that would be part of the deal

If we let you invade Syria, you buy American military hardware exclusively and rent out the 8th floor of Trump Hotel Ankara for 1 month.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Turkey's F-16's may soon be grounded because of a dearth of parts so......

[scarytomcat]

7. the dark side is forming up

[MFGsunny]

8. Seems to me that those Putin-asks have no end point for MF45. And apparently he MUST obey.

Obviously there is NO art to his deals.

Kompromat-ed way over his head.

Bankruptcy again if MF45 loses his laundering operations???

But embezzling taxpayer dollars for his own golden grifting makes me puke.

/rant

[coti]

9. Trump's already showed him that Trump rolls over immediately when pushed by strongmen nt

[Celerity]

10. Turkey's Erdogan threatens to send millions of refugees to Europe unless it backs Syria 'safe zone'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/erdogan-syria-turkey-refugees-safe-zone-kurds-trump-europe-borders-a9172311.html


Turkey's Erdogan threatens to allow ISIS fighters to be released into Europe

Turkish president angered after EU slapped economic sanctions for violating Cypriot territory

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-erdogan-cyprus-isis-1.5356221

[Aristus]

12. That's okay. We've shot down Russian-built jets before.

We're getting pretty good at it...

[applegrove]

13. You have to wonder if the russians have ordeted Turkey to do this so Trump offers Turkey the F-35.

Then, soon after, one Turkish F-35 can go "missing" over the "black sea" and the Russians can reverse engineer it. Could happen

[Aristus]

14. Hmm.

That would make Putin's wily scheming put Stalin into the amateur column.

[Blue_true]

15. Putin was a top KGB operative. He has cloak and dagger capacity that Stalin never dreamed of having

Stalin used brute force, Putin used sleight of hand to get results.

[crickets]

16. All too likely. God if only someone could shake some sense into this fool jackass

we have to call president and the fool jackasses in the Republican party who refuse to call him to account. The great gouges he is digging out of our national security are stunning and frightening.

[applegrove]

17. Yes. He shakes down everyone in a mild blustery way including allies

and ends up making a pussy deal. Doesn't matter if it is Kim Jong Un or Nato countries. Russians know the dance already.