it is statement the turkish foreign ministry described the us decision as a mistake which would cause irreparable damage to relations between the 2 countries and chris as it has in the process tried to acquire the american patriot missile defense system the pentagon denies this claim it says turkey was offered the system but could not. well i'm joined now by our correspondent in istanbul dorian jones good evening to you dorian threatening irreparable damage to the u.s. targets relationship if washington holds on to that decision to ban turkey from the f. 35 fighter jet do we know dorian what irreparable damage could look like well no we don't and the reason we don't tease it does appear that this decision by washington although it has been worn for many months has taken on crow completely by surprise and that's because they were painting all their hopes on the turkish