That state-run Turkish press Anadolu Agency has released video footage of the shoot-down Tuesday of a Russian warplane along the Turkish-Syrian border.
The fiery footage also appears to show the aircraft’s pilots parachuting from the plane. Their condition is still unknown; however, Reuters is reporting it received video footage from a Syrian rebel group purportedly showing one of the pilots badly injured and possibly dead.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Turkey will pay for downing the aircraft. Turkey says the plane was repeatedly warned that it was in Turkish airspace.
“The loss today is a stab in the back, carried out by the accomplices of terrorists. I can’t describe it in any other way,” Putins said in a statement.
As if there weren´t enough going on in the area.
Oh well. It won´t be a problem for long: President Trump, Carson, Cruz, or Rubio will know what to do.
MSNBC immediately apologized for SOMETHING.
How long before Trump claims credit for that? 10 minutes?
Well, certainly relieved to see that Putin is describing this in such calm, measured tones.
And I’m sure that the incursion was accidental and that the Russians will accept some responsibility for the resulting misunderstanding, because hey, that’s how they roll.
Turkey is a NATO MEMBER.
If Russia attacks Turkey (in ANY WAY AT ALL) all NATO MEMBERS (including the USA) are obligated by Treaty to DEFEND TURKEY.
This shit can get real very, very quickly. Edrogian is playing with fire hear, with Putin trying to save face and tamp down dissent in his ultra-nationalist dictatorship by fanning the fires of militarism.
This has echoes of the debacle of interlocking Treaty obligations and arrogant leaders that led directly to World War One in 1914.
All it takes is someone as arrogant and ignorant as Kaiser Wilhelm was in 1914 to light the spark of WORLD WAR, only this time both sides have NUCLEAR WEAPONS.