DW: German government under fire over Leopard tanks in Syria
Germany's government has faced a slew of criticism over German-made tanks that Turkey deployed in its push into Syria. Some politicians have called for an immediate halt to arms exports to Turkey and nixing a key deal.
Opposition politicians in Germany responded with outrage to the photos of German-made Leopard tanks being used by the Turkish army in their Syrian offensive. The intervention, which entered its fourth day on Tuesday, is unpopular with the German public.
"The German government must not look away again and needs to clearly state its position on the Turkish military offensive against Kurds in Syria," said lawmaker and defense expert for Germany's Green party Agnieszka Brugger.
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Update #1: Syria war: Row over Turkey using German-made tanks (BBC)
Update #2: Germany Keeps Quiet on Turkey-Kurdish Fight it Helped Arm (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: And all of this is coming on the heels of Germany moving to approve tank upgrades to Turkey .... Germany likely to approve tank upgrades for Turkey: Spiegel (Spiegel Online).
2 comments:
Why criticising Germany? They sold them to Turkey, which still is a Nato country.
The question or criticism should be: is Turkey really a Nato country still or has it become a hostile country under Erdogan? Even the latest guy trying to run against Erdogan was imprisoned as soon as he announced his bid for presidency. That's not normal.
You sold the tank to a NATO ally, they can do what the hell they want with it
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