Posted on 06/25/2012 4:11:40 PM PDT by EBH
The White House on Monday promised to work with Turkey and other NATO allies to hold Syria "accountable" for what American officials have described as the deliberate downing of a Turkish military jet, apparently in international airspace.
Turkey said it would push NATO, whose governing body meets Tuesday to discuss the matter, to consider the June 22 incident an attack on the entire alliance. Under Article V of NATO's founding document, an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.
"We stand in solidarity with Turkey, a key U.S. ally," spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. "We will work with Turkey, and other partners, to hold the Assad regime accountable."
Carney indicated that Washington preferred a diplomatic resolution to the flare-up in tensions. "We obviously support the Turks and we'll work with them," he said. "Turkey is a key ally of the United States, member of NATO."
Military action is unlikely. NATO operates by consensus, meaning its members must all agree on a course of action. While there have been media reports that Washington has been helping to coordinate weapons shipments from other countries to Syria's rebels, the U.S. has denied arming the uprising, and there is little appetite among Americans for another war in the Middle East.
Still, President Barack Obama has expressed mounting frustration with the weak international response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's 15-month crackdown on opposition to his iron-fisted rule. Outside observers have put the death toll at around 14,000. Russia and China have blocked U.N. Security Council approval of tighter sanctions on Assad's regime. And the violence has eroded relations between Washington and Moscow.
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Inevitable Iran-Turkey-Syria-Russia Alliance
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8608140338
So if they are all allies...why would Syria be even shooting at Turkey?
This story keeps on morphing. When it first happened it was reported that the Turkish jet was hit by anti-aircraft fire as it flew just 1km off the coast of Syrian town of Om al-Toyour which is about 15 miles south of the Turkish border. Now the Turks and NATO are spinning this and claiming that Syria used an anti-aircraft missile to hit a jet that was in international airspace and then there’s other comments from Turkey that claim the jet was in Syrian airspace ‘but only for five minutes’.
NATO wants a war with Syria and I believe they want it in time for the November elections to make Obama look good.
Just great....we’re going to war for the frickin’ Turks.
Ankara pleased with Morsi’s presidency in Egypt
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-284630-ankara-pleased-with-morsis-presidency-in-egypt.html
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry expressed its pleasure over the election of Mohammed Morsi as the new president of Egypt after the results of last weekend’s run-off vote.
Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was elected the new president of Egypt after garnering 51.7 percent of the vote and defeating former general Ahmed Shafik, the state election committee said on Sunday.
“We congratulate Morsi on his election as the new president after the results of the polls which reflected the free will of the people. We hope the results of the elections, which are important to complete the transition process and the democratic transformation in Egypt, will be favorable to the people of Egypt and the whole region. Moreover, we congratulate the Egyptians for the big steps taken along the path to democracy, as well as the determination and maturity shown during this process.
War for the Turks? No, I don’t think so. This looks more like an effort to draw us further into a war with Russia over Syria.
The question is why did Turkish planes violate Syrian airspace ? If these planes were outside Syrian airspace, then NATO and Turkey would have a legal point. Right now they have no legal standing. Turkey was not attacked. Syria legally defended itself.
Wag the Dog...
Obviously they want another cold war, but our moronic leadership may drive Israel into the Russian camp.
Looks like a Libya/Egypt redux. Destabilize the government so the moslem brotherhood can step in and seize power.
No...I’ll wager to disagree.
Turkey has always been an unreliable NATO ally.
I think Turkey was trying to be provacative. The question is what is the benefit of Russia and 0bama being at war?
Is Turkey a pawn or a rook for Russia? Pawns are sacrificial.
Russia and China won't let this fly, they'll continue to hogtie the UN and force NATO to do nothing or act contrary to International Law. When they do , Russia will cut off NATO/US resupply to the Afghan Campaign, Redirect Iranian oil to China, and throttle Western Europe's natural gas.
Things will go bad real fast.
Could be as Turkey is supportive of the Morsi election. And as more of Russia’s allies turn islamic...the more prophecy is fulfilled...
“Turkey has always been an unreliable NATO ally.”
Didn’t JFK pull missiles out of Turkey as part of his dealing with the Cuban crisis?
Looks like the Ottomans are trying to put the band back together.
Yes that is the other shoe, but does it fit?
And it may indeed fit...Turkey jet downed in 'international airspace'
And yet the byline says, "Turkish media reports that plane wreckage was found in Syrian waters, as NATO schedules meeting to discuss incident."
BUT, as noted in this article from aljazeera, Turkey had close ties with Syria before the uprising.
Bingo. And if Israel is driven into the Russian camp, its lights out for us.
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