American President Joe Biden is stuck in a dilemma regarding the sale of forty Block-70 F-16s to Turkey ever since more than half of the US Senate urged him against this transaction. Turkey continues to block the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO and seeks the F-16 Block 70 as a viable and suitable form option for signing the ascension of the two Nordic countries into NATO. The American Senators have urged President Biden to not agree to the sale of the fighters until Turkey agrees to the inclusion of Sweden and Finland into NATO, which is now turning into a situation of who gives in first in this trade-off dilemma. In a deal valued at
1. Türkiye is the bridge between West Asia and Europe historically. They jacked up taxes (60-65%) on Indian Spice trade ( 14-15 Century) to Europe to unacceptable levels for Western Europe esp Portuguese !! So, Portuguese decided to visit India to bye- pass Turkey🤗
2. In 2013-14, Turkey wanted to deploy PLA’s -HQ -9 ( derivative of S- 300 ! ) and integrate into NATO Air Defence! The move was vetoed. Then they went in for S-400, inviting CAATSA!
3. Now they have a new bargaining chip!
Let us see how it plays!!
4. Just to inform- Turkey also wants to control wheat exports from Ukraine to global markets.
1. Türkiye is the bridge between West Asia and Europe historically. They jacked up taxes (60-65%) on Indian Spice trade ( 14-15 Century) to Europe to unacceptable levels for Western Europe esp Portuguese !! So, Portuguese decided to visit India to bye- pass Turkey🤗
2. In 2013-14, Turkey wanted to deploy PLA’s -HQ -9 ( derivative of S- 300 ! ) and integrate into NATO Air Defence! The move was vetoed. Then they went in for S-400, inviting CAATSA!
3. Now they have a new bargaining chip!
Let us see how it plays!!
4. Just to inform- Turkey also wants to control wheat exports from Ukraine to global markets.
5. Location/ Geography plays an important role.
6. As usual, well argued👏👏👏