ORAC, I personally agree with the "don't sell F-35's to Turkey" under the same MO where we restricted sales of F-16's to Pakistan a few decades ago due to their government being utter
's. The reason I take that position is that there is no
ing way Turkey is paying for those birds: they are being funded by US "loan guarantees" just as a host of military kit was sold to Turkey in previous decades due to their being a NATO ally. Similar to the F-35's and V-22's being "sold" to Israel when they are actually funded, at least in part, by US aid to Israel that's in the 3 billion per year, and more, level of bribery (as well to Egypt) reaching back to the 1973 Yom Kippur War peace deal.
That said, the "sale" is unlikely to get cancelled: over 100 Congressional districts are involved in F-35 production. "The money's too good."
