Violating Turkish airspace was the provocation.
I understand that Buchanan has a moonish mancrush on his favorite KGB Colonel, but why does every other person on this forum have one too?
Turkey has violated Syrian airspace. Should Russia shoot them down? And it is not clear — depends on the source — that Russia was actually in Turkish airspace.
Turkey has supported ISIS. They can rot.
“We have no permanent allies, we have no permanent enemies,
we only have permanent interests” - Palmerston
It is perfectly evident to many here that Russia is acting in a way which furthers the interests of our people, our nation, and our religion. Should this cease to be so, the support you detect for Putin would undoubtedly vanish.