Turkey Greece Arms Race

Turkey just bought submarines! Quick, buy these French jets or they'll destroy you! Greece just bought jets! Quick, buy these German submarines or they'll destroy you!

A comic shows Greece and Turkey reacting nervously to each other’s purchases of jets and submarines, while a woman representing the European Union calmly sits among piles of money. The joke is that geopolitical tensions drive both countries to buy more weapons, enriching arms suppliers and the EU. It is sent as a reaction to escalating conflicts, military spending, or cynical profiteering. EN: A comic shows Greece and Turkey reacting nervously to each other’s purchases of jets and submarines, while a woman representing the European Union calmly sits among piles of money. The joke is that geopolitical tensions drive both countries to buy more weapons, enriching arms suppliers and the EU. It is sent as a reaction to escalating conflicts, military spending, or cynical profiteering.

• @dustinthehead / 14073 2023-05-24