{UAH} USA IS KEEPING AN EYE ON TURKEY & HUNGARY

USA IS KEEPING AN EYE ON TURKEY & HUNGARY

Hungary have vetoed the latest aid package to Ukraine, and as a result, there are calls for the country to be suspended from the European Union and NATO.  The Hungarian stance is that the aid shouldn't be a loan taken by the EU but dedicated amounts from individual countries' budgets. Orban claims that Hungary has already set aside the amount for this aid. Hungary applied to NATO in 1999 and to the EU in 2004.

I don't know why Hungary is important to NATO because they is always a strategic reason why countries are accepted as members.

For example, Turkey is too geographically critical to be ejected from NATO. Turkey controls the Bosphorus Straits. They control the passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. However, it has dual stance in the Ukrainian war and the Americans have understood it.

Basically, USA may end up fighting Turkey in future using Greece as a proxy, like they are using Ukraine as a proxy against the Russians. Because of this, USA has built two bases in Greece -- one in Crete and one in Alexandroupolos, at just 45 km from the Turkish borders. They have given France the green light to sign a military agreement with Greece of mutual military assistance in case Turkey shows any signs of attacking Greece again. It has given France the green light to upgrade Greece's aviation with the mighty Rafales (the ones which destroyed the Al-Ouatiya Turkish base in Libya.

USA is also withholding the F-16 sales to Turkey while arming Greece heavily. They are upgrading Greece's F-16s into F-16 Vipers, denying Turkey the sale of spare parts for their own F-16. 60% of Turkey's 294 F-16 are down due to lack of spare parts.

Turkey didn't want NATO weapons like the Patriot missile system stationed in Turkey, they wanted the rights to produce and export that equipment. At the same time, Turkey sells drones to Ukraine to fight the Russians.

Basically, Turkey's Erdogan plays the game really well -- he's no friend of Putin or USA. Putin did not hesitate to punish Turkey's economy with a full embargo when a single Russian fighter jet was shot down over Syria. Turkeys has been in NATO for 70 years; so Russia cannot touch it at the moment.

Personally, I have massive respect for the Turks; they fought with great bravery and honour against New Zealand at Gallipoli during WW1. They have built a lot of Islamic projects in USA, Uganda and all over the world. They are putting money in a lot of Islamic charities in the developing countries. They are probably doing more to finance Islamic causes more than Saudi Arabia.

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*Abbey Kibirige  Semuwemba*

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"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive." - Henry Steele Commager 1902-98

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