[1rudeboy looks back on all the FR talk about warm-weather ports, with dismay]
“Some experts say, however, that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be trying to bait Turkey into entering the Syrian battlefield in order to retaliate for Ankara’s decision to down a Russian warplane in November.”
It gives Russia the opportunity to prove that NATO and the US is useless and will not support Islam. They get a twofer. They get to kick Turkey’s butt and the West won’t lift a finger for fear they will bring Mohammed down upon their countries.
Brilliant plan.
The warm-water port thing... well there are a lot of NATO countries Russian ships would pass by to get from the Baltic republics to the North Sea.