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US lawmaker moves to block sale of 100 F-35 fighter jets to Turkey
[ALMASDARNEWS] A new bill proposed in the US House of Representatives calls for stopping the proposed sales of more than 100 F-35 fighter jets and related intellectual property to ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire.... , Congressman David Cicilline said in a blurb. "Cicilline is introducing the bipartisan Ban F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Sales to Turkey Act today," the release said on Thursday. "The Ban F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Sales to Turkey Act prohibits the sale or transfer of F-35 aircraft and any related intellectual property or technical data to Turkey." The ban, the release added, can only be lifted if the White House can certify that the ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... and is not unlawfully jailing US citizens, among other conditions. "We cannot turn a blind eye to Turkey’s thuggish, reprehensible behavior," Cicilline, who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said. "It’s important that we hold NATO members to the same standard we would hold any other country." He added that banning the sale of the F-35 to Turkey "is just common sense." The bill has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. According to the release, the relationship between the US and Turkey has become strained in recent months due to alleged human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... violation by the  ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey.... The regime has been accused of cracking down on dissent and free speech. In mid-April, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell said Ankara’s purchase of the S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia could negatively affect the delivery of the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. Posted by: Fred 2018-05-19 |
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