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A war of words has broken out between Russia and Nato over Moscow’s military intervention in Syria and its violation of Turkish airspace.
The row threatens to further escalate tensions over Moscow’s airstrikes to support the regime of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad. The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his country could not endure Russian violations of its airspace in its campaign in Syria and said Russia risked “losing” Turkey.
“Nato has issued a stern ultimatum,” Erdoğan was quoted as saying at a press conference in Brussels by local media. “We cannot endure it. Some steps that we do not desire are being taken. It is not suitable for Turkey to accept them. This is also beyond the principles of Nato.”
Nato’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, had said earlier on Tuesday that the Russian incursions into Turkish airspace did not appear to be an accident, because the incursions had happened twice and lasted for a long time. On Monday, Turkey’s foreign ministry said the country had scrambled its fighter jets following a Russian plane’s incursion into its airspace. Separately, the armed forces said a Mig fighter plane had harassed a Turkish squadron of F-16s patrolling the border with Syria, locking its radar on the Turkish warplanes.
originally posted by: derfreebie
Dark agencies running this folly could make Fukishima
look downright petty and really soon unless the US backs off.
originally posted by: angryhulk
originally posted by: 23432
originally posted by: angryhulk
Yes, Syrian Turkmen Rebels. The same ones that were shooting the pilots as they floated down from the sky.
Let me ask you , if pilot bombs your family to death and then parachutes to nearby .
No cops to call , no military to ask for protection . What would you do to that pilot who has killed your mom , dad , babies , aunties , sisters ?
I would kill him straight up .
If you have not been bombed by a war plane , would you understand how it feels ?
I don't think they like each other.
Russians support ASAD regime which has been killing Turkmens for faaaar too long . You are right , Turkmens don't like the Russians .
'Innocent' Turkmens, haha. Whilst they parade the streets with guns and anti-tank missiles waiting for an opportunity, like Turkey dropping a jet out the sky.
There are 3.5 million Turkmens in Syria and they are non ISIS . Everyone who needs to know this fact already does know this fact .
Except you .
You are a member citizen of a NATO country ; wake up , your kilt has been eyed upon by a hungry polar bear.
Well, right now Russia is carpet bombing Syria so if they don't want to be directly affected I suggest they leave, basically.
originally posted by: JDmOKI
a reply to: SBargisen
What are you talking about? you don't know anything....
Turkey says they shot down a plane that violated its airspace 10 times with 10 warning. They also said if the plane bombed anything in that area they would be killing Turkman.
Russia is just denying they were in their airspace
Either way Russia should be more careful flying warplanes in Turkish areas because well.... they'll get shot down
originally posted by: 23432
originally posted by: angryhulk
originally posted by: 23432
originally posted by: angryhulk
Yes, Syrian Turkmen Rebels. The same ones that were shooting the pilots as they floated down from the sky.
Let me ask you , if pilot bombs your family to death and then parachutes to nearby .
No cops to call , no military to ask for protection . What would you do to that pilot who has killed your mom , dad , babies , aunties , sisters ?
I would kill him straight up .
If you have not been bombed by a war plane , would you understand how it feels ?
I don't think they like each other.
Russians support ASAD regime which has been killing Turkmens for faaaar too long . You are right , Turkmens don't like the Russians .
'Innocent' Turkmens, haha. Whilst they parade the streets with guns and anti-tank missiles waiting for an opportunity, like Turkey dropping a jet out the sky.
There are 3.5 million Turkmens in Syria and they are non ISIS . Everyone who needs to know this fact already does know this fact .
Except you .
You are a member citizen of a NATO country ; wake up , your kilt has been eyed upon by a hungry polar bear.
Well, right now Russia is carpet bombing Syria so if they don't want to be directly affected I suggest they leave, basically.
You want more refugees for Europe ?
Why didn't you say so !!!
You want Russians to defeat NATO and you also want more middle easteners arriving in EU .
Why ?
Why would you want this outcome ?
You think Russians are going to do some noble sh1te ?
They are there to get a say in how you heat your home in winter .
If they say you freeze this winter , you will freeze that winter .
You want this outcome ?
How much did ISIS attacks scared you ?
You got to be taking the mickey , you want to get into bed with a hungry bear , you will get hurt .
I am not exactly fond of Russia at the moment. I especially don't like thier sudden infatuation with genocidal high megaton yield radioactive cobalt bombs or their invading former vassal states but i have seen the radar tracks. The plane crossed a turkish territorial prominence into syrian territory like florida pokes into the atlantic ocean but much tinier than that. the flight path was generally parallel to the border and the missile hit the plane after it had cleared turkish territory. the path could have been required to service targets near the border. the path generally suggests overall respect for turkish territory though it is possible that it was an attempt to tweak the turks. The path does not seem to especially support that though. also the turkish finger of land in question was once syrian territory. it was annexed by turkey in the late 1930's i think.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: stormbringer1701
the incursion could in no way be interpretted as an attack.
But it was an incursion, and Russia was warned. You know the story of the camel that stuck its nose in the the tent? I'm pretty sure both the Turks and the Russians have the same story.