Senators Rand Paul and Bob Menendez are leading efforts to block the sale of F-16 fighter aircraft and weapons to Turkey due to concerns over Turkey's support for Hamas, human rights abuses, and destabilizing behavior. The American Conservative interviewed Rand Paul, highlighting his skepticism towards Turkey's allegiance to the West. Experts criticize the U.S. for aiding Turkey despite diminishing leverage in the relationship. The F-16 sale vote also addressed Turkey's support for Azerbaijan's actions against Armenians in Artsakh.
What? I'm starting to think this guy might be corrupt. https://t.co/fxULsvdv9O
.@RandPaul's opposition to the sale stems from concerns over Turkey's record of alleged human rights abuses domestically, and what Paul says is destabilizing and dangerous behavior in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world. More from @blaise_malley: https://t.co/guEdYrgA2R
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Libs are having a bad day https://t.co/PuslqW3dfF
Bob Menendez is COOKED. https://t.co/J60WGmNQ1H
Enough already @SenatorMenendez. Resign. https://t.co/WCD0cjy6wm
Experts argue that Washington has continued to send valuable aid to Turkey while simultaneously squandering any leverage it has in the relationship. More from @blaise_malley: https://t.co/guEdYrh7Sp
Senators on all sides of today's F-16 vote agreed on the need to condemn and confront Turkey's backing for Azerbaijan's attack on the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh. https://t.co/eemkC5ydPA
Today, I stood firm against the sale of F-16 fighter aircrafts, associated equipment, and munitions to Turkey. Let me be clear, Turkey has not earned the trust necessary for this deal to proceed. (1/3)
This is one of those issues where you go back to many of the red states and try to explain why you're selling F-16s to Turkey, which supports Hamas, has terrible human rights abuses in our country, and isn't really a country that has free elections—there's a lot of reasons not to…
The American Conservative (@amconmag) spoke to @SenRandPaul about his effort to block Biden's weapons sale to Turkey. "There's many reasons to still be suspect of Turkey's fidelity to the alliance, and Turkey's fidelity to the west," Paul said. https://t.co/XltsVKgCku