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The Grand Turk
‘We are not slaves’ -- Erdogan says Ankara free to buy Russian S400s
2019-03-08
[ALMASDARNEWS] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
... 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...
said his country was well within its rights to start the "co-production of [missile systems] S400s, maybe S500s." He made the remarks in Ankara on Wednesday.

"Now we have a deal with Russia. We will start co-production of S400s, maybe S500s," stated the Ottoman Turkish leader.

Erdogan went on to query why The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the most dubious NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
ally....

was being questioned about its missile deal with Moscow. US General Curtis Scaparrotti told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this week that he didn’t recommend the delivery of F-35 jets to Turkey if Ankara continues with the S400 deal.

"Those who are opposing us on [the acquisition of the] S400s why are they not doing the same thing to Greece for [its] S300s? Why not to Bulgaria for [its] S300s? Why not Slovakia for [its] S300?," he queried.

"There shouldn’t be a regulation that we should buy everything from you," he added before going on to stress that Turkey was not a nation of "slaves."

Posted by:Fred

#4  Give them a refund on the money that they have already invested in the F-35, if any, and move on. We don't trust each other so just make that distrust official.
Posted by: magpie   2019-03-08 19:17  

#3  Exactly Mike. They are free to buy the S-400 and we are free to not sell them the F-35s. In fact I don't think we should be selling them any military hardware at this point.

They are clearly not an ally and are acting more like a rival.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-03-08 11:31  

#2  "Maybe we'll skip a couple and do S800's!"
Posted by: Frank G   2019-03-08 06:46  

#1  ...And we're free not to sell you the damned F-35s. Works out nicely.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-03-08 04:30  

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