The Greek plan for the Turkish F-16s at a time when change is being attempted in the US.
US President Joe Biden is trying to pass the F-16 sale before November’s congressional elections.
But the… finds it dark after a group of ten deputies passed an amendment in the US Congress not to give the F-16s to Turkey, until it is proven that in the last six months Turkey has not made overflights and violations of another NATO state (s.s. as p .eg of Greece) as well as that they will not be used against another NATO state.
No front-line weapons should be given to Turkey, based on US sanctions against Ankara over Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400s.
It should be noted that the US F-16s that Turkey is requesting to buy from the US, against the background of the amendment submitted to the US Congress, cannot be used even against the Syrian Kurds, who are considered important allies of the Americans.
Greece will try to delay the sale of US F-16s to Turkey, which also has the Turkish lobby lobbying US senators to pass the sale.
“It is imperative that Turkey and the US take steps to strengthen the ties between our two nations,” US Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted about the US F-16s that Turkey wants.
October is considered a milestone month for the new Turkish F-16s. If their sale has not proceeded by then, then the process will have to proceed after the congressional elections, which means that another valuable time will be lost for the Turks.
At the same time, of course, Greece will continue to be equipped and receive the Rafale and additional modernized Vipers.
