Russia has been warned over and over and over again to stop overflying Turkish territory. This is what happens when you do not heed those warnings. Russia could expect the same result from pretty much any other country (that doesn’t fear it) for repeated airspace violations - including the US.
So can Greece shoot down Turkish planes that violate her airspace now (both in NATO) and expect NATO back up?
***Russia has been warned over and over and over again to stop overflying Turkish territory***
Turkey also considers its airspace to overborder Syria by 5 miles. This is not so cut and dried as it seems.
No one believes Turkey somehow thought Russia was going to attack Turkey. No one. But everyone knows the Russians are killing terrorist and jihadist in Syria?
Our sovereign borders get violated 10,000 times per day, but Obama is suddenly concerned about Russians violating Turkey’s borders?
You think anyone buys this s**t?