“It strikes me how badly this is played in terms of Turkey’s desire to reset the relations with the United States”
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Athens speaks of a very clear escalation of Turkish provocation & talks about Ankara's attempt to promote its neo-Ottoman revisionism
Yet the State Department in a March 17 letter to Congress said that a potential sale of F-16s to Turkey would be "in line with US national security interests"
Surprisingly, Biden's administration said earlier this month that it now believed that supplying Turkey with F-16 jets would serve America's strategic interests
F-16s mowing the lawn
It is disingenuous given how Turkey both legitimized & encouraged the Taliban in Afghanistan & has positioned itself as a hub for Russian sanctions evasion
The United States imposed sanctions on Turkey's defense industry following its purchase of the Russian S-400s
The Hellenic Air Force uses multiple carriage racks for its Joint Stand-Off Weapons to provide a significant boost in long-range strike capability
Members of Congress who object to Erdogan’s relationship with Putin resist Ankara’s potential jet-fighter purchase
Turkey is escalating the tensions in the area - All six of the THK F-16s that violated the Greek airspace & the Athens FIR were armed