Posted on 11/24/2015 8:27:56 AM PST by Enlightened1
The U.S. military on Tuesday labeled as an "incursion" the Russian fighter jet that was shot down by Turkish aircraft over the Syria-Turkey border.
Army Col. Steve Warren, the top military spokesman in Baghdad, confirmed the Turk's version of events in saying they repeatedly warned the two Russian SU-24 pilots to back off.
Col. Warren used the word "incursion" to describe the Russian flight, but also said the command was studying radars and other data, such as radio chatter, to make a definite conclusion.
The incident happened at the border," Col. Warren said. "These things are not as clean as they are in the movies."
Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent years has deployed his fighters and bombers close to the air space of NATO countries, such as Turkey and the U.S., as a way to try to rattle the allies.
This is the first time he has paid a price in having one of his jets shot down and perhaps the pilots killed.
Mr. Putin is backing Syrian President Bashar Assad, which is opposed by the Turkish government. Ankara is helping rebels opposed to the regime.
The U.S. sent F-15C air superiority jets to Turkey to help it patrol and defend its air space. Col. Warren said no F-15 was in the vicinity.
This "purely took place between the Russians and the Turks," he said.
Col. Warren has made no secret of the U.S.'s displeasure with Russian bombing campaign in Syria. They assert Mr. Putin is mostly bombing moderate rebel groups opposed to Mr. Assad and devoting little time to the Islamic State terror army.
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You are not getting the picture..
Russia is not there to fight ISIS, despite the propaganda that you have apparently believed.
Russia is there to save Assad’s butt. That’s it..
As per usual, as implied by history going back nearly 100 years now, the Russians have little or no respect for borders or sovereignty of adjacent countries.
It’s a simple tactical matter to keep their aircraft off that Turkish border. They have the assets, ie: slower flying planes and choppers to do what they need to do near that border yet they have totally ignored warnings.
It was not that long ago that we had similar issues with Turkey when we invaded Iraq. We made adjustments tactically.
IMO, the blame for this falls squarely on Putin or one of his generals. It was avoidable. Totally so...
As I have already said, we are in the throws of WWIII as we speak. When it happens, Muslims, ISIS, and Turkey will not be the issue.
Closer to home, how bout Obama, he is no friend of the American people or out military. Just uses both to suit his ends, which we are very skeptical of.
If so, why still should we even protect Turkey with the NATO alliance? They have been a thorn to us long enough, and have been living free on the defenses provided.
Time to let them re-join their muslim community.
King Opie The First is going to start a World War before he leaves the White House.
Time for the Men and Women in US military uniforms to begin choosing sides.
The chain of command is going fracture. Taking orders to commence WWIII under such obvious criminalities including TREASON is sufficient to split the US MILITARY!!
DO IT NOW!!!!
Oh crap, here we go.
I don’t think that the center photo is a SU-24, but appears to be of a different plane.
When it comes to trust, I'm inclined to believe a Christian's version above that of the Muslim leaders of both Turkey and the US, even if he is a Russian. Even so, I support former president Reagan's philosophy of trust but verify.
Muslims I do not trust in any shape are form. Their Quran gives them permission lie, cheat, steal, murder, rape, or to do anything and everything in furtherance of its murderous ideology.
Putin is not ideological, he would have served the Czar with equal vigor as he did the Bolsheviks.
scary and dangerous times.
I hope Putin bombs a Turkish city over this. We know NATO and Obama wont do anything about it.
A world war?
ROFL
In case you missed it, liberals dont fight back.
Putin can and should retaliate knowing that Obama and NATO wont do squat.
I dont give a damn in Russia flew through Turkeys airspace to attack terrorists!
The government of Turkey just MURDERED two Russians because they had to gall to fly through Turkish airspace while KILLING TERRORISTS!
If I were Putin... I would be bombing the Turkish capital!
And HW Bush was former CIA what’s your point?
I will believe and back Putin over Obama ANY DAY!
Following orders; we will see if Obama sacrifices American lives on behalf of his Moslem rebels. I expect Russia to reciprocate militarily against Turkey. World War One began with mobilization based on alliances.
And Obama is former Madras attending Quran toting Muslim, and still wears a ring proclaiming no god but allah and mohammed is his prophet.
I've seen Putin kissing pictures of Christ. Obama won't even be seen in the presence of the cross on on camera.
And as for who is the bigger liar, how 'bout you give me $500 for every lie Obama has been caught in and I'll give you $500 back for each of Putin's lies you can point to.
When a person truly turns their life over to Christ, it changes them to their core - this includes former KBG agents and even Muslims.
Ping me when you see Obama doing this:
Here is Obama:
Even so, trust but verify.
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