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It's telling that only an outgoing US administration decided to -weakly- sanction Turkey over the Russian missile fiasco. The European Union looks more and mor
by metroholografix 6y ago
It's telling that only an outgoing US administration decided to -weakly- sanction Turkey over the Russian missile fiasco.
The European Union looks more and more like a banking cartel than a federation of nation states. Germany and Spain, that vehemently opposed sanctions in the last eurogroup, are doing good business selling weapons to Turkey. Weapons, that are then used by Turkey to openly threaten Greece and Cyprus. There was a slight concession in 2019, with a temporary stop on new contracts being awarded, but that obviously did not affect existing ones.
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoIs there any country that makes weapons that doesn't sell them for a hefty profit? Hell, in the past decade the Americans have funded the death of their own troops by selling rocket launchers and bombs to the Saudis that are resold/handed out and used in Afghanistan and Iraq. I recommend the 1980's "Deal of the Century" with Chevy Chase and Gregory Hines. It's a black comedy about the insanity of countries selling weapons to their own enemies.
- aduitsis 6y agoThe Congress cancelling a deal to sell a 100 F-35s along with some of their parts being produced in Turkey hardly sounds like a weak sanction.
- MrMorden 6y agoTurkey's S-400 system was both contracted for and delivered during the Trump administration. We'll see what the US does or doesn't do when the president isn't the weakest since Harrison.