a position really to further isolate itself yes it does have problems of its western allies but the last thing they want to do to take some such a significant step i mean turkey s whole defense has been based on the nato relationship and that and they continue to stress that this issue isn t about nato this is an issue we have a problem with washington over although nato has also expressed its concerns and so i don t think is anyone is greedy talking about leaving nato the question is if turkey looks for alternatives from russia deepens its relationship with russia the nato has a problem with it and you know the rest of the world looking at this and scratching his head wondering why would turkey risk its ties to the u.s. and nato for a russian air defense system. is there a logical explanation. well i think we ve got to have a series of diplomatic accidents i mean this goes back to when president obama was
the f. 35 you cannot have both our decision to unwind turkey s participation in the 34 hour program is no surprise as our concerns have repeatedly been communicated to the turkish government. and with that the united states made public what has been expected for quite some time the u.s. is suspending fellow nato alliance member turkey from the f. 35 still fighter jet program the decision is washington s reaction to anchor his decision to purchase the s. $400.00 air defense system from russia the pentagon making it clear that turkey cannot expect to buy weapons from russia and still have access to military technology made in the u.s. turkey says unless the united states reverses its decision relations between the 2 countries will be permanently damaged what could this mean for nato we have this
charlottesville attack for example although his current approval rating is fairly low for a president over rule but you know we know that attention spans in this country can be very short for example when we have the president tweeting even just waiting now for example in our attention diverted to what is going on in the straits of hormuz and of course the iran issue so yeah i think you know this may be a chance that some people it has been extreme may not be able to forget because it does go very much to the hearts of the wonderful diversity in the united states it s a very good point it s a book commentators said today this is pate dished out that becomes like a flash and fire you don t use hole in the humphrey in washington tonight helena thank you. we have been clear and consistent the turkey can choose to acquire the s 400 or
in power and always repeats he says we wanted to buy american patriots obama did not allow this and congress also blocked it over differences over transferring of technology so they look to china and it ultimately ended up with moscow but the key point here was the failed coup that is seen as a tipping point that soured relations between washington a great deal of mistrust over what they see as washington s reluctance to condemn the coup on the night and in contrast putin russian president putin was we ve heard one on the night on the phone all the time and that said a series of events where one crow further deepen its relationship with russia and went ahead with the sale of this as $400.00 no maybe imagine that they would end up in this situation but they have. briefly got about 30 seconds i mean how much of this do you think is dependent on the attitude of president if there is no air to watch in the future there won t be any more russian military purchases is it that simple. vaults
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