Why Turkey's S-400 Matters...

... to the US, to Russia, and to Turkey

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[avicenna]

Turkey wants buy patriots
America;refuses
Turkey buys S-400
America;*surprised pikachu face*

[jackofroz]

Turkey: "I would like to buy your Patriot"
USA: "No you can't"
Turkey: "Okay, I will buy from Russia then"
USA: "DON'T YOU DARE!"

[duran]

The US couldn’t stop selling all kinds of weapons to the saudi royal mafia, one of the worst regime in the world, but kept refusing to sell to Turkey.

[sarkozygaming]

The US is like that "not-hungry" girlfriend who eats your fries.

[asadullahmaan]

Turkey:Send Patriots
USA:No
Turkey:gets better lookin S-400 from Russia
USA:Why you had to cheat on me.

[imoneixusa]

USA refuses to sell Turkey amphibians attack ships in the 1950-60s, refuses to help with Turkish airborne units equipping abd training, including supplying parachutes.
-By 1970s Turkey produces is own amphibious attack craft, produces it's own fiber and parachutes

The 90s USA refused to sell Predator drones to Turkey.
-Turkey now produces it's own unmanned drones.

1990-2016 USA refuses to sell Patriot missile defense systems or sell and transfer technology
-Turkey buys the Russian S400 with technology transfer included and has guarantees to be involved in the research, development and production of the S500s...

See the progression?

(Also the USA and Turkey's European allies like Germany have threatened Turkey about withholding weapons systems they have sold or limiting their use in certain theaters, and have blackmailed Turkey into political and diplomatic situations eg Cyprus and later the PKk issues. Look at the Johnson letters to Turkey in 1974, or the letter sent about the F35, and Turkey isn't moving away from the USA and NATO to the Russian side, it is more so being pushed by the fact that the USA doesn't want Turkey to be too strong in the region)

[WildPhoenix]

Next

Us refuses to sell f35
Turkey buys su35
US offers f35
Turkey refuses

[cashewsinc.]

The U.S is like the girlfriend who cheats on you all the time and then blames you for cheating because you talked with another girl

[anton]

It’s still a defensive weapon, it’s primarily use is to protect your own airspace from lethal attack’s. Nato knew that turkey was looking for this kind of weapon, but refused to sell to them.

[giorgospapadopoulos]

USA can also buy S400 and problem solved.

[alitezcan]

Objective Facts:
1. NATO give huge support to the first enemy of Turkey (Pkk/ypg). FIRST step of escalation!!!
2. Technology transfer of Patriot was offered to S.Korea. Obviously, no problem!
3. New members of NATO are full of Russian weapons, and obviously no problems!
4. No sale of NATO missiles to turkey before.
With this informations, what would you do?

[kaitospin]

Market rules 101: If you don't sell the customer what they want, they'll buy it somewhere else.
US has very bad marketing team.

[blava]

I respect Turkey for not being a U.S puppet and did what they wanted, especially that the Americans were the ones who refused to sell Turkey their Patriot.

[wozzaable]

Maybe the US should of sold Turkey the Patriot system when they wanted to buy it

[RacketTattoo]

so the US is butthurt cause turkey found a better and cheaper product after the us refused to sell them theirs. lol

[bartu]

Turkey:GiMmE pAtRiOt
Usa:nO
Turkey:GiMmE pAtRiOt
Usa:nO
Turkey:GimMe S-400
Russia:oK
Usa:hOw dArE yOu, hEre hAvE tHeSe pAtRioTs
Turkey:nO

[ThinkSleepLeave]

US did same with India. India wanted strategic long range system like THAAD but US refused and offered more inferior Patriot. So India buys the best one S400. Now US arm twisting India and even offering THAAD, but India does not want inferior systems now just to please the US military complex.

[NorceCodine]

With the S400 Turkey can effectively control Israeli airspace. Thats why the big hubbub.

[muhammadfirstian]

Wait.
They ask for Patriot -> US refused -> They then buy S-400 -> US blames Turkey buying Rus equipment and offered Patriot.
I mean it's your fault Turkey turn the other cheeks.

[mgoksoy]

One thing you did not mention. The US refused to give full control of the F35 software even if they were sold to Turkey. Meaning Turkey could only use them when the US allowed them to do so. If that is not hypocrisy, what is?