Excuse me .. isn’t this exactly what NATO nations are supposed to do ..??
An agreement between nations to help defend each other .. and this is what Putin hates .. and he’s been trying to do all he can to destroy that alliance. Putin’s desire is to have every nation for themselves .. thereby allowing him to attack smaller nations that are vulnerable to his military.
We had every right to let Turkey know there was an illegal aircraft encroaching on their airspace.
...We had every right to let Turkey know there was an illegal aircraft encroaching on their airspace...
But were they, or were they being set up? If the pilot of the aircraft had been warned, as Turkey and the Defence Department maintains, TEN TIMES, why would any pilot take the risk of being shot down?