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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Of course our Muslim President will back a Muslim country.
Just read an article that says the pilots were shot dead as they parachuted down.
I’ll bet they did it at the request of our government.
Turks are now claiming the pilots are alive and want to make a trade
Maybe one of them survived but pictures of the other one he sure is dead with chants of aloha Snackbar over his body
please tell me you’re joking. i know you’re not.
those muslim #####s.
we need a revolution if airmen or troops are forced to engage Russia.
And I NEVER use that word.
Revolution as in thrown in jail if necessary.
I dont want one American military person dead because of a muslim.
and Turkey of all countries!!!
we might go to war to defend Turkey, which protects ISIS!!!!
is anyone alphabet network saying this?
Oh no surprise here and I guarantee under orders from fairy boy as he sees his ISIS pals getting bombed.
“They assert Mr. Putin is mostly bombing moderate rebel groups opposed to Mr. Assad and devoting little time to the Islamic State terror army.”
If that was true, then why did Isis take down the Russian airline?
Given that at least one analysis of the flight put the Russians over disputed territory for less than 30 seconds, multiple Turkish warnings is a great exaggeration or outright lie
Is this Colonel reporting true facts? . . . or following orders from his commander-in-chief.
The problem with this administration - there is no longer a sense of trust.
“These things are not as clean as they are in the movies.”
All the more reason to not let some trigger happy Turk to start WW-III.
“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.”
Everyone involved, that is. The Pentagon, Obama, Putin, the Turks, the Syrians, etc. I doubt if we peasants will ever know exactly what happened here.
Obama and Turkey’s President cooked this up during the G20 meeting ,they think it will stop Putin bombing their ISIS friends
Global warning is the biggest threat. Perhaps the Russian jet flew too close to the son - of Islam.
Obama is going to start a world war with things like this.
Especially if he wants that country to turn into another Syria/Libya model of Social Engineering that he and his old friend George love so much.
Pilots came down in Syria.
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