At present, the United States has not only Iran, a sworn enemy, but also Turkey, a "troublemaker" in the Middle East. What is even more embarrassing for Washington is that Turkey, as the only NATO ally of the United States in the Middle East, has been doing things that make the United States unhappy almost all the time, while the United States has almost no problem with them.
Turkey has not only been working against the United States on the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but has also become a "good helper" for Moscow to tear down the iron curtain of NATO sanctions on the issue of Western sanctions against Russia. According to the Observer Network, a Western ** recently broke the news that Turkey is becoming the main channel for Russia to obtain sensitive goods such as Western military chips and military communication equipment.
The Financial Times recently claimed that data showed that Turkey's exports to Russia in the first nine months of this year were worth 1$5.8 billion in sensitive products, three times the amount of the same period last year. Among the sensitive goods that Turkey is suspected of exporting to Russia in different ways include 45 types of sensitive products that are banned from being exported to Russia by the United States.
The United States has almost jumped into a rage at Turkey's practice of "secretly crossing the old warehouse." The Financial Times, citing the United States, warned that "if Turkey does not crack down on such a case, the United States and its allies will have to take enforcement action". The meaning of the United States has already been made very clear, if the Ankara side does not ban such **, the United States will impose sanctions against Turkish enterprises suspected of violating Western sanctions.
In fact, not only Turkey, but many other NATO countries are also doing the same thing in violation of the sanctions ban. Prior to this, some foreign media disclosed that although the EU's sanctions against Russia seem to be airtight on the surface, companies in many European countries have also bypassed Western sanctions through Russia's neighbors and exported a large number of "prohibited" products to the Russian market. British criminal syndicates even stole large quantities of construction machinery from the country and sold them to Russia through smuggling channels.
In terms of violating the sanctions policy against Russia, the reason why European companies are so unscrupulous is because the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. After all, European countries**, including Germany and the United Kingdom, are now importing fuels made from Russian oil through China, India and ASEAN countries. At the same time, some European countries also import Russian gas indirectly through Turkey's transit terminals.
It can be seen that it is actually normal for Turkish companies to import so-called "sensitive products" from enterprises in the United States and European countries, and then resell them to Russia through third countries. What's more, the so-called "sensitive items" disclosed by the Financial Times, such as military equipment such as communications equipment and telescopes, will not have any impact on the situation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The United States is making such a thunderous outburst that it seems to be making a bit of a fuss.
True, it is already a well-known reality that European and even domestic companies export goods to Russia through third parties. The EU also wanted to introduce a new round of sanctions against Russia in an attempt to prevent the existence of such "illegal" transactions, but many member states opposed it. In fact, this is enough to show that this special way of dealing with Russia similar to that of Turkish companies is no longer strange in Europe.
And the United States is furious about this, which seems a little abnormal. How big is this, and it is worth the United States to make a big move to impose sanctions on NATO allies?Actually, the United States is very angry, but the above incident may just be an excuse, because the United States can now be said to be full of resentment and needs to find an unlucky person to vent, and Turkey is "lucky" to win the jackpot.
In fact, it is no wonder that the United States is already in a dilemma on the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but Turkey's recent tough attitude towards Israel has embarrassed the United States. What's more, Turkey is currently in talks with Russia to build a large gas trading platform in the country in order to export more Russian gas to European countries.
Therefore, the main purpose of the United States at this time is not to export many sensitive items to Russia, but to use this as an excuse to knock the country and force it to take it easy on issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and cooperation with Russia.