[ctdonath2]

Somehow I think downing a non NATO aircraft in non NATO airspace involving a non NATO action invokes article “don’t be stupid” not article V.

[kabar]

You seem to be missing the point and the context of my response to another poster. Turkey is not in big trouble. And if Russia were to attack Turkey, a NATO member, Article 5 could be invoked. The only time Article 5 was invoked was after 9/11 when the US was attacked. NATO went into Afghanistan as a result.

Russia will not attack Turkey any more than we attacked the Soviet Union after they shot down more than a dozen US military aircraft during the Cold War. This will all blow over. And the Russians will be very careful about being near Turkish air space. The Russians were warned by the Turks two successive days before the shoot down that they would not tolerate continued Russian violation of their airspace. The Russian ambassador was called in twice.