[DesertRhino]

No way we are obligated. The Turks started the shooting, and were not attacked. A single lost helicopter crossing a border is simply -not- an invasion requiring all of NATO to invade Syria.
Especially with the helo showing no hostile actions.

[JRPerry]

No way we are obligated. The Turks started the shooting, and were not attacked. A single lost helicopter crossing a border is simply -not- an invasion requiring all of NATO to invade Syria.

Especially with the helo showing no hostile actions.

The Turks have their own special way of doing things unlike any other country in the region. Personally, I like and respect the way they do business. It's not perfect but it works for them and, at the same time, we have a history of fairly good relations with them ... until the Obango era began at least. They do not respect Obango and it shows.

[freedom462]

I am worried that Turkey’s government may have orchestrated this to drag us into a regional conflict which they can use to expand their influence and help bring about their own version of a militant Sunni state. Turkey is led by a government that is actively hacking away at Turkey’s secularist traditions and , like in Pakistan, it is a safe bet to assume that much of the Turkish military is sympathetic to hardline Sunni jihadists in Syria and nearby nations who want a Sunni caliphate.