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The Grand Turk |
Erdogan says NATO countries shouldn’t sanction each other amid row over S400 |
2019-06-27 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] President His Enormity, 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. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... on Wednesday said NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... countries should not place sanctions each other as the tensions with Washington mount over Ankara’s deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defense system. "Do not forget that ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... is a NATO country. America is a NATO country. I am not aware if NATO countries place sanctions on one another," Erdogan told news hounds at an Ankara airport, before leaving for Japan where he will attend the G20 summit. Erdogan is due to meet Saturday with US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... on the margins of the summit in Osaka. Turkey’s deal with Russia will be one of the issues on the table. The US has given Turkey a deadline of July 31 to drop the purchase of the S-400 system, or face sanctions and removal from the United States’ F-35 fighter jet program. Erdogan is hoping to use good relations with Trump in order to defuse tensions when they meet this weekend. He said Turkey’s relations with Washington was based upon "strategic partnership" and added he did "not get such an impression from Mr. Trump" that sanctions would be placed unless Ankara dropped the Russia deal. The Erdogan this week said his country would take delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system in July. |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 "In a world where Tom Lehrer's not red, Where cowboys and commissars wed, Where 'fascists' and Putin Are chillin', not shootin'... One man blandly chants in his stead!" |
Posted by: Flirong Poodle1120 2019-06-27 19:01 |
#5 Cute comment, Herb - I like the bit about winter coats. However, the purpose of Turkey as a NATO member was and is defensive, that is, to prevent Russian (nee Soviet) expansion into the Med via the Black Sea. |
Posted by: Mercutio 2019-06-27 16:28 |
#4 The whole point of Turkey being in NATO is so we can flank Russia by presenting it with two directions of invasion on the day that we execute Operation Barbarossa Part II: Only We Bring Winter Coats This Time. Since we're a peace-loving country, we aren't going to be invading anyone, and Turkey can be safely dismissed from NATO, a purely defensive alliance. |
Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-06-27 12:41 |
#3 Ditto Mercutio. Thought someone skipped out on a bar tab. |
Posted by: AlanC 2019-06-27 08:28 |
#2 I was inclined to agree until I realized I had read "$400" for "S400". As it is, YipYip, stuff it. |
Posted by: Mercutio 2019-06-27 07:49 |
#1 I'm inclined to agree, but you haven't been a NATO member for quite a while. |
Posted by: Bobby 2019-06-27 07:20 |