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To: Tau Food

Are you implying that Vladimir Putin himself communicated with the pilot of the Su-25 and instructed him to breach the Turkish border?


58 posted on 11/25/2015 5:21:02 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: patro
Are you implying that Vladimir Putin himself communicated with the pilot of the Su-25 and instructed him to breach the Turkish border?

That would surprise me. I doubt that he talks to pilots much.

I would not be surprised to find out that this was not the first occasion that a Russian jet toyed with Turkish soil, that the Turks complained, that Putin learned about those complaints and that Putin thought that those complaints were humorous but that Turkey would not do anything about these incursions.

Another possibility is that Putin's incompetence led to such poor training for pilots that they did not know exactly where they were flying.

Something went wrong and I am sure that Putin would be man enough to say that the buck stops with him, that he is responsible for the screwup.

59 posted on 11/25/2015 5:37:22 PM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: patro

I think its more likely the pilot took the shortest route and didn’t think Turkey would be such a prick that they kill over few seconds air violation


82 posted on 11/26/2015 3:51:23 AM PST by 4rcane
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