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Selling F-35s to Turkey Guarantees a New
War against Israel

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Posted By: FlyRight, 12/14/2025 8:32:09 AM

US President Donald Trump may believe that selling F-35 stealth warplanes to Turkey will help the country forge closer ties with the US at the expense of Russia. The reality, though, is that by providing such sophisticated fighter jets to a country that supports Hamas terrorists -- and whose president recently said that "Israel will have no choice but to kneel in front of Turkey" -- Trump is merely stoking the flames of a future war aimed at destroying Israel.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: felixcat 12/14/2025 9:29:08 AM (No. 2041081)
WHY is Turkey still a member of NATO? Heck, why do we even still have NATO? And spare me the the garbage about Putin - Russia is no Soviet Union.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Strike3 12/14/2025 9:33:16 AM (No. 2041083)
Not if they knew what Israel has.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chumley 12/14/2025 10:26:03 AM (No. 2041113)
I wouldn't worry too much. I've seen Turkish fighter pilots in action. Giving them F35's would be like giving a monkey a machine gun. They'll be back on the ground soon, in a million pieces.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: andyboy 12/14/2025 11:15:51 AM (No. 2041146)
Am I the only person who remembers that the 20-point Peace Plan requires Hamas to relinquish all governing power? No doubt Hamas was thrilled to get a ceasefire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces, an exchange of a few dozen hostages for 1700 Gaza prisoners, and fresh shipments of aid -- BUT THEY ARE STILL IN POWER (and accusing Israel of violating the peace plan when they attack israel and Israel attacks back). Why would we now reward Turkey (and Qatar) for their diligent efforts in bringing about a peace plan when neither they nor anyone else (except Israel) are seeking to remove Hamas? Was that not the most significant long-term goal of both the war and the peace plan? If things remain as they are now, Hamas will rightly regard 10/7 and everything that has happened since as a victory for them (regardless of the human suffering in Gaza), and nothing will have changed or been accomplished.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 12/14/2025 12:34:09 PM (No. 2041179)
We sold F-14s and their Phoenix missiles to Iran under the Shah. He was deposed not long afterwards and the evil mullahs used the F-14s now for many decades. They struggle to keep only a few flying, but they used them for a long time. Fortunately, they were mostly used in the Iran-Iraq war, where Iranian pilots made "Ace" status several times using the Phoenix missile....which USN pilots never once fired in anger.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: ronniethek 12/14/2025 3:22:48 PM (No. 2041234)
If the wannabe caliph Erdogan thinks Türkiye’s membership in NATO will prevent t Israel from flattening them they will be very sadly mistaken.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Geoman 12/14/2025 5:58:13 PM (No. 2041258)
Since the B2 strikes on Iran, operationally facilitated by Israeli air power, why has Trump been hamstringing Israel and courting favor with autocratic Islamic regimes? These position changes, which align more with progressive democrat proclivities than with conservative thought.
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