ISRAEL MATZAV
by Carl in Jerusalem
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Congress has approved the sale of three attack helicopters to Turkey for use in their ongoing war against PKK liberation fighters.
by Carl in Jerusalem
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Congress approves sale of attack helicopters to Turkey
Congress has approved the sale of three attack helicopters to Turkey for use in their ongoing war against PKK liberation fighters.The attack helicopters manufactured by Textron Inc. (TXT) unit Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. will be used to combat the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, starting as soon as June, according to the Istanbul-based newspaper.
The U.S. Congress approved the sale amid pressure from Armenian and pro-Israel lobbies to block arms sales to Turkey following an earlier decision to station unmanned Predator aircraft at an American base in Incirlik, in the country’s south, the Star said.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked U.S. President Barack Obama during a Sept. 20 meeting in New York to use Predators and share intelligence to track the PKK. Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union list the PKK as a terrorist organization.
I think more Israelis would view the Turkish government as a terrorist organization than the PKK.
Bee's Note:
Dear Congress, your approval rating just went down to ZERO - the identical zero represented by this president's logo...!! Perhaps you all need to visit the Land of Oz, to find a brain. You have just armed the enemy .... congratulations!
Please see Barry Rubin's report on PJ Media:
Who is Obama’s Favorite Middle East Leader? An Anti-American Radical Who Loathes America and Israel
Two "peas in a pod"