[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

He should. It is deplorable.

[Mastador1]

Has obungo demanded that Putin apologize to Erdogan yet?

[Toespi]

I agree.......RUSSIAN LIVES MATTER!

[Berlin_Freeper]

How to Read a Map

[elhombrelibre]

I guess he picked on the wrong country this time. And the sanctions are just what the Russian economy needs. What a fool.

[discostu]

I have plenty of sympathy for the pilot and his family. I have none at all for Putin for putting the guy in harms way to pretend to fight terrorism.

[Tau Food]

Actually, I have been hoping to hear more from Putin about the losses that the families of these pilots have suffered. My impression is that Putin has been far more concerned about the damage to the phony macho image that he tries to cultivate. That balloon has burst, but he will get over it in time.

[ETL]

From 2012: Syria shoots down Turkish plane

"Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened Syria with retaliation for shooting down a military jet, and warned that Turkish armed forces will respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border.

Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance stands by Turkey but is not considering a military response."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/26/syria-crisis-nato-meeting-live
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Graphic showing where the Turkish F-4 Phantom went down 

[dfwgator]

You mean nobody is putting the Russian flag over their Facebook profile pictures?

[bereanway]

This National Post is nothing but a propaganda mouthpiece for the Islamists.

Yesterday it was all about Russia’s Syrian bombing campaign falling flat. Anyone with half a brain could see that’s a lie. Today it’s all about Putin stewing over Erdogan’s lack of a public apology.

From what I’ve seen of Putin he could give a rat’s backside about Erdogan’s lack of contrition. He has a plan (that would take into account an apology). But either way he will follow through in a very methodical, measured fashion.

He’s not some little hot house flower which the US press so seems to love.

[Fhios]

Keep poking the bear. Anyway, the piece is not true propaganda, just a certain ‘wishful thinking’ and speculative opinion.

I think Putin has a right to be royally pissed off. We’ve all speculated that Turkey was aiding and abetting ISIS, and shooting down a Russian plane flying over or near a finger Turkish soil that protrudes into Syria and makes a perfect refuge for Isis/Rebels.

Don’t matter what the news tells you. Believe this. Turkey is crapping in it’s pants and not just from Putin. I expect Turkey is going to fall apart as it’s military splits in two over Islamic issues.

If I was in Edrogan’s immediate family, I would be hesitant to leave Turkey. We know Putin’s penchant for assassination.

[ozzymandus]

Putin gets lots of sympathy on FR. He has a fan club here. The fact that our own president is a disgrace to the office doesn’t make a Russian dictator any better.

[JimSEA]

I had sympathy for the families of those killed in the the victims of the bombing of the Russian airline’s plane. I have equal sympathy for those killed when Russian allied forces shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

[SunTzuWu]

KAL007

[McGruff]

Kelly McParland is editor of, and a frequent blogger on Full Comment, and author of The Lives of Conn Smythe, a biography of the founder and builder of the Toronto Maple Leafs

A real foreign policy expert. The hoser.