[MeganC]

All I know is that Russia is pushing pretty hard and in every direction. This thing with Turkey could have easily happened in Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Japan, Canada, the USA (especially on the West Coast), the Baltics, Poland, the UK, and etc. All of these countries have had encounters with Russian aircraft this past year and some of them have had incursions into their airspace.

Turkey just managed to be the first to shoot down a Russian aircraft. I would not have been surprised if it had been any of the other countries I mentioned. As a matter of fact, after this I expect it will be another one of the other countries I mentioned. The collective patience of the Western nations with Russian aggression is wearing thin and the ability of the Obama Administration to reign in our NATO partners is waning, too.

The simple solution here is for the Russians to avoid Turkish airspace after this. That’s pretty reasonable, don’t you think?

[norton]

This thing with Turkey could have easily happened in Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Japan, Canada, the USA (especially on the West Coast), the Baltics, Poland, the UK, and etc. All of these countries have had encounters with Russian aircraft

Uh...Wrong!

[DesertRhino]

“This thing with Turkey could have easily happened in Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Japan, Canada, the USA (especially on the West Coast), the Baltics, Poland, the UK, and etc. All of these countries have had encounters with Russian aircraft this past year and some of them have had incursions into their airspace.”

You are confusing an Air Defense Identification Zone “ADIZ” with “their airspace”.
Russians and we and everyone else has flown into ADIZ. The country having one flies out to see what you are. They can spend all day in an ADIZ. As far as incursions into national airspace, I haven’t heard of a single one. Except of course, the daily illegal air raids the Turks conduct into Syria against the Kurds without a hint of legality.

[DesertRhino]

“The simple solution here is for the Russians to avoid Turkish airspace after this. That’s pretty reasonable, don’t you think?”

As reasonable as expecting Turkey to stop flying into Syria and bombing Kurds every day.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Normally it would be reasonable. In this case I do not think so. Any country worth existing should join the fight against radical Islam.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Must see video on the subject: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4630118119001/radar-track-shows-russia-jets-path-over-turkish-territory/?intcmp=hpbt2#sp=show-clips