Turkey dubs Syria 'a clear threat', vows to retaliate

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[Sub-Driver]

Turkey dubs Syria 'a clear threat', vows to retaliate AFPAFP – 3 hrs ago

Turkey branded its former ally Syria "a clear and imminent threat," on Tuesday as its Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet.

In his most outspoken criticism of the Damascus regime, Erdogan vowed to retaliate against the "heinous act" and promised a change of military attitude to any Syrian officer approaching the common border.

"The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed given this new development," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament following the shooting down of F-4 Phantom jet Friday. The two pilots are still missing.

Any risk posed by Syria on the Turkish border will be "considered a threat and treated as a military target," he said in a jam-packed room of lawmakers who frequently interrupted the address with applause.

Erdogan said his government would retaliate "with determination" and take what he called the "necessary steps by determining the time, place and method by itself".

[1010RD]

Correct, this is a long game of Mediterranean regional powers: Egypt v. Turkey v. Iran/Iraq v. Saudi Arabia. Each is desperate to be the next Caliphate and run worldwide Islam.

They’re deluded, but it goes with the territory/culture.

[rmlew]

Islamist AKP/Gullen Turkey is helping rebels in Syria and is violating its airspace. It is a threat to Turkey.
All of the parties involved are evil. However, WMDs in the hand of Syria run by the Arab Revival Socialist (Ba'ath) Party are safer than in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood. A nuclear Iran is a threat. Syria is weak. And as long as Sunni Islamists are fighting Ba'athists and Iranian special forces, the better. Let them slaughter each other. Hama Rules apply.

[justa-hairyape]

The Turkish population could be devastated if Syria decides to use and deploy its vast Chemical and Biological WMD. Turkey has signed on to the nonproliferation treaty and has no Chemical or Biological WMD. There are US nukes residing in Turkey, but they are under Obama’s control.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks gandalftb.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Sub-Driver.

[gandalftb]

Правильно, сирийцы купили 400 из них.

[ASA Vet]

Кто платит?

[Crucial]

Is Obama playing with the powder keg again?

[Crucial]

I hate to be melodramatic but if this planet sees its end due to the violent morons in the Middle East, it can be said that it was brought about by Barack Obama.

[catfish1957]

Let them beat each other to bloody hell. Keeps them distracted from messing with Israel.

Kind of like all those Iraq - Iran wars we used to see in the '70's and '80's.

[PastorBooks]

“Russians couldn’t credibly touch the Turks militarily in any way, really...”

Has the Russian Army gone that far down, or is the Turkish military larger than I assume?

[AdmSmith]

The payment is probably part of the deal for the Soviet aka Russian naval base in Tartus http://rt.com/politics/russia-plans-syrian-base-670/

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/presenting-russian-naval-base-tartus-syria-or-good-luck-un-security-council

[cunning_fish]

AFAIK it won’t be much different from recent Georgian enterprise.

[gandalftb]

Турки заплатили кровью за обороны предназначены для Израиля.

[Leep]

All of the ME should break out in war,battles and conflicts...oh, wait.

[Straight Vermonter]

Turkey has already called a NATO meeting. They want us to meet our treaty obligations and fight on their side against Syria.

[dfwgator]

They want us to meet our treaty obligations and fight on their side against Syria.

After what they did to us during Iraq...never!