President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganUS Issues Arms Deal Ultimatum To Turkey -- Financial Times
President Barack Obama has personally warned Turkey’s prime minister that unless Ankara shifts its position on Israel and Iran it stands little chance of obtaining the US weapons it wants to buy.
Mr Obama’s warning to Recep Tayyip Erdogan is particularly significant as Ankara wants to buy American drone aircraft – such as the missile-bearing Reaper – to attack the Kurdish separatist PKK after the US military pulls out of Iraq at the end of 2011.
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Update: Report: Obama gave Erdogan ultimatum -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: President Obama's outreach to the Muslim world is not working out, and the souring of our relationship with Turkey is a symptom of what is happening. But in all fairness to President Obama, this is not his fault. Islamic militancy fueled by Turkish nationalism and a return to the heyday when Turkey was the dominant power in the Middle East .... this is what is helping to sour the U.S. - Turkey relationship.
Will Turkey listen to the U.S. ultimatum .... probably not. U.S. public support is very low in the country, and any political party that is seen as being 'anti-U.S.' will only benefit them in the polls.
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