the world should stop negotiating with the dictator erdogan and give him the north korea treatment. unfortunately, turkey is located in a strategically important position, and despite its theocratic aspirations still considered one of the more "stable" islamic nations, so i guess that won't happen. considering their development in recent years it would be well deserved though...
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Leopard are good tanks.
that's the problem. despite our peaceful reputation (and i'm saying this unironically since i'm refering to the last couple of decades), arms exports are a significant factor of our economy and the industry's political influence is considerable. public opinion, which mainly opposes (at least that's my impression, i don't know exact figures since these issues are well underreported here) selling to questionable countries , doesn't really play a role. unfortunately we don't really discriminate at all when it comes to selling our weapon systems (to states like turkey, saudi-arabia, israel...) - and that's something basically all our parties (except the extreme left) are guilty of, even if they pretend to oppose it when it's politically convenient...