[Trumpinator]

For all their military might, the Russians really come off looking like incompetent idiots sometimes.

Russians lost no planes or helicopters until they were attacked by a NATO member - on the eve of France meeting with Obama and Putin to try and broker a deal that maybe Turkey and some in the CIA don't want.

[Alberta's Child]

First of all, you don't know anything about whether Russia has lost any aircraft over there in recent weeks.

In this particular case, Russia lost the aircraft after it violated Turkey's airspace ... after Turkey had warned Russia repeatedly about these incursions since early October.