Did you guys hear about Turkey shooting down a Russian airplane?

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Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

We may never know the truth about what happened.

Would Russia invade Turkish air space? Without hesitation.

Yet, Turkey's response to ISIS has been less than admirable. For many months they refused to allow the Peshmurga (of the Turkish Kurds) to cross the Syrian border to engage ISIS at Kobani, where many Kurds were being slaughtered by the terrorists. It's clear that Turkey would rather face the threat of ISIS (who they hope will stay in Syria and Iraq) rather than allow the Peshmurga to gain extensive combat training which they might, at some future time, use to re-establish Kurdistan.

So Turkey, in shooting down a Russian aircraft, assisted ISIS. But was that their motive or were they really only preserving national air space? And was the decision made by the pilot, or his commander on the ground, or at a government level?

There'll be lots of interest in this over the next few days.

Charles Davis Profile
Charles Davis answered

Russia knows the limits, unless the pilot was in distress, he is an invading pilot. Turkey has all rights to shoot them down.

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ZombieE Lee
ZombieE Lee commented
I agree. Russia is getting to big for its britches.
Didge Doo
Didge Doo commented
Putin is certainly trying to take Russia back to it's former glory days but it's unclear -- as is always the case in border disputes -- whether the aircraft was actually over Turkish territory.

His no friend of the truth, as is evidenced by his continued denials over Russian responsibility for the downing of flight MH-17.
crow robot Profile
crow robot answered

I didnt know. Thehy armed turkeys.

But seriously yes they CLAIM russia was in their airspace.it isnt going to end well especially after the barbaric way they treated the dead pilot

Rooster Cogburn Profile
Rooster Cogburn , Rooster Cogburn, answered

With no command and control over there, Russia will push it as much as possible. Question is? Who's side are they really on! I think their own!

Cookie Roma Profile
Cookie Roma answered

Apparently the Russian jet was in Turkey's air space.  Seems they radioed the Russian jet 10 times warning them to leave Turkey's air space. 

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