Following a period of silence, the White House confirmed last week that it had shut the door on Turkey's participation in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Turkey had been one of several international partners in the American-led effort to introduce a next-generation multi-role
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An excellent piece of writing that looks at the current state of international relations with regard to the Transcaucasus….that have evolved significantly from the post World War 2 NATO vs. Warsaw pact cold war situation. I ma among those who regard the presence of a US Embassy in Yerevan as a positive development towards regional development and solutions…despite the war mongering and major economic interests (especially oil) that drive the contemporary dynamic.
President Trump as well Erdogan are both unpredictable, I wouldn’t bet my Dollar on none of them.
The purchase of the S 400 surface to air missile system will effective keep the superior Hellenic Airforce in comparison to the Turkish airforce away from the Greek Islands Airspace and blanket Cyprus and the hydrocarbon rich sea areas that belong to the Greek Cypriots. This has change the defense dynamic of the eastern Mediteranean reinforcing the continual traditional nuisance aggression of the Turks. USA cannot give the Turks the F 35 aeroplane as the Turks would immediately give it to the Russians who would take it apart and fine tune their missile system to actually pinpoint the plane. The Turks would also make lots of money out of this move. It is also very disappointing that Orthodox Russia has given this weapond to the TUrks with Putin parading aroiund as being a defender of Christian Orthodoxy in the world with his Russian Patriarche . Putin is obviously endavoring to destabilse the Eastern Mediteranean for what reason . Maybe to start a war over the hydrocarbons as this nerw source in the Levanthian basin makes the West less reliant upon Russian Gas or going to conspiracy theories he would love to take back the Bosphorous coming in as the saviour of Orthodoxy when the Greeks and the Turks are fighting.The S 400 missile system is bad for all the neighbouring countries to Turkey especially Greece and Cyprus . The Turks are the traditional enemies of the Greeks, Cypriots ,Armenians and Kurds they are not for peace.Thsi is a very disturbing development.
Any second now, our resident “God bless mother Russia” apparatchiks will show up making excuses for what a good thing Russia did by giving Turkey a more advanced missile system than what Armenia actually has. The funniest part is, those morons in the Armenian “government” actually knew that this deal was in place and went ahead with the purchase of “advanced” Russian planes (which Armenia cannot actually afford) instead of having the balls to tell Russia that if Armenia’s enemies will have missile systems that can shoot down Armenian planes, there is absolutely no reason for Armenia to purchase any planes at all, especially with money it does not even have. As I have been saying all along, and yet another evidence, Russia is making Russia great again by making Armenia pay for it at the hands of laughably ridiculous, incompetent clowns calling themselves the “Armenian government”. And no, the so-called “revolution” and leadership change hasn’t done a damn thing, and possibly made Armenia’s security even worse.
What Armenia actually needs is more advanced, longer range missile systems that can destroy both planes and infrastructure in both Turkey and Azerbaijan should any conflict break out. But Armenia has no real leaders to make any demands from “Mother Russia”. The bozos in the Armenian “government” are too busy planning how they are going to hoard money overseas for the prosperity of their destitute “loved ones” for a bright future.
As I previously predicted, Erdogan is going to get his friend Putin to help him get the best possible deals in both missile systems and planes, playing both Russia and the USA, and we now see phase one completed. Next, “Mother Russia” will help Turkey out with some nuclear plants. And all the while the idiots we have in Armenia are sitting back watching like obedient little lapdogs of Putin, who are too chicken to even do anything about Azeri crimes and aggression. Maybe their brilliant plan is to wait until Turkey finishes acquiring all the deadly weapons it needs to solidify its alliance with Azerbaijan even more so that they can all start “discussions for the status of Artsakh”. Armenia’s “leaders”: one continuous shitshow of incompetence and buffoonery for 100 years straight.