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| The Grand Turk |
| Turks Seek Control Over Shield |
| 2010-11-16 |
| Turkey said it would seek a leading role in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile-defense shield if it is to agree to host the system's radars, ratcheting up its conditions days before a key alliance meeting. Turkey would demand that NATO assign a Turkish commander to oversee the shield, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. "Especially if this is to be placed on our soil, [command] definitely should be given to us—otherwise it is not possible to accept," Mr. Erdogan told journalists at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Monday, according to Anadolu Ajansi, Turkey's state-funded news agency. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 Erdogan's antics are impacting the Turks' ability to acquire sophisticated military hardware. There are items that have been bottled up for over a year because State is afraid to notify Congress of the potential sale. |
| Posted by: rwv 2010-11-16 19:18 |
| #5 Our close, personal friends the Turks... I wonder how you say "Nuts!" in Turkish? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-11-16 17:58 |
| #4 Why do I suspect that the Turks want the right to *allow* missiles from Iran to hit Israel, but to shoot down retaliatory missiles from Israel to Iran? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-16 13:37 |
| #3 If I weren't such a diplomatic sort, I believe I would tell them to, "Go to hell". If I weren't diplomatic. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-16 12:02 |
| #2 You do get the sense that the Euros by and large don't care if Iran threatens them with nuclear annihilation. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-11-16 10:44 |
| #1 Should have stuck with Poland. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-16 10:02 |