F35s, Greece, and Washington's dysfunctional relationship with Turkey
It's been almost one year since the State Department notified Congress of the potential F-35 sale to Greece. Unfortunately, the sale has still yet to move forward. This delay coincides with Turkish President Erdogan’s attempts to use Sweden’s NATO membership to pressure the US over the sale of F16s. Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the HALC, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the efforts to move the F35 sale to Greece forward, and break down why progress in Greek-American relations should not be affected by the dysfunctional relationship between the US and Turkey.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Complete the sale of F-35s to Greece
Turkey links Sweden’s NATO bid to US approving F-16 jet sales and Canada lifting arms embargo
Turkey says Canada, US linking drone-camera exports to Sweden NATO membership
Congress presses State Department on Turkey’s drone program
Greece approves new law granting undocumented migrants residence rights, provided they have a job