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| The Grand Turk | |
| US 'blackmails' Turkey into scrapping S-400 deal with Russia: Minister | |
| 2018-06-15 | |
| [PRESSTV] Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has slammed as "blackmail" Washington's pressure on Ankara to scrap its finalized deal to with Russia to purchase the S-400 air defense missile systems. "Such a demand goes beyond any permissible norms of diplomacy and trade relations. The fulfillment of this demand is unacceptable. The situation can be characterized as blackmail," Turkey's Anadolu news agency quoted Canikli (pictured below) as saying on Thursday.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 A deal they can’t refuse. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-06-15 23:45 |
| #4 ...'Blackmail' is such an ugly word. I prefer 'extortion'. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-06-15 09:02 |
| #3 Make it an either or. You get the S-400, or you get F-35s. Your choice. Personally I would let them get the S-400 since Israel has proven they can use their F-35s to completely dismantle Syrian "advanced" Russian made air defenses. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-06-15 08:26 |
| #2 Thanks Trump. And Rantburg ;) |
| Posted by: newc 2018-06-15 04:42 |
| #1 Thanks, President Trump. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-06-15 02:22 |