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ORAC
Binali Yildirim, the Turkish prime minister, said that the Senate’s move was unfortunate and “against the soul of strategic partnerships”. He added: “Turkey is not without alternatives.”......
I will now raise the red BS flag on the noise expelled by Binali Yildirim; I recall how Turkey "buys" aircraft from the US and others. They don't have the money to afford it, but somehow someone in Washington (or in a few other places) is able to arrange "loan guarantees" for the Turks to buy the equipment on credit. Oh wait, all of a sudden now the foreign companies selling the aircraft have to arrange for offsets (buying stuff from Turkey) for the aircraft sales to go forward. Seen it a few decades ago when I got exposed to the nitty-gritty of Foreign Military Sales, and a few variations on that theme.
You weren't buying them in the first place, Binali of Bluster: someone wasn't just co signing your loan, there were other financial shenanigans going on.
