[amorphous]

"Russia's move comes hours after Turkey's president voiced "sadness" over incident, saying he wishes it had not happened."

[sport]

He is sad he got caught. He wishes that he never was caught.

[dp0622]

he didn’t know NATO would tell him to basically go to heck.

he @#$@#$ed up. he trusted obama.

now he is SCREWED

[amorphous]

Children of Russian pilot shot down and killed by Turkish jet 'are still hoping he is still alive' say reports as family say he 'loved and died for his country'

[mkjessup]

Erdogan is “saddened”.

He has not begun to comprehend how much “sadness” he and his pack of Kurd-hating, ISIS-loving pukes are going to feel.

[Cubs Fan]

The supposed sadness is news to me. All I’ve heard is Erdogan saying it was justifed and warnings to Putin.

[odds]

One thing the article doesn’t specifically mention in $ terms is the fact that these economic embargoes & sanctions apply to tourism sector too. Tourism being a major source of revenue for Erdogan govt.

Russian tourists visiting Turkey are only second in numbers to Germans tourists visiting Turkey. One reason being that Turkey did not require pre-entry visas from Russian passport holders.

In terms of revenue, in 2014 Turkey generated some $4 billion USD (some estimate say circa $6 billion USD) from Russian tourists visiting Turkey. Russians visiting Turkey tend to spend a lot.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah I bet he wishes that. Next time don’t trust Rainboma.

[sockmonkey]

He’s sad. Funny, the other day he said he personally okayed the shoot down. Unintended Consequences biting him in his private parts?

[maine-iac7]

Hw3 wishes he hadn’t poked the Bear in the eye -

[jonrick46]

ISIS are smuggling Syrian oil across Turkey’s border. The revenue from the oil is used to finance their war effort. ISIS is also using Turkey’s border to move foreign fighters in and out of the war zone. If Erdogan wants Russia to end their bombing along their border, he should seal 60 miles of border.

[nickcarraway]

I am no fan of Erdogan, but Russia is 100 times the threat to the U.S. that Turkey is.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Erdogan is learning the old Chinese aphorism: “Anyone can grab a tiger by the ears. The difficulty is in letting go.”

[Jack Hydrazine]

TURKEY FUELING ISLAMIC STATE BLACK MARKET OIL TRADE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH02qw_FEEE

TURKEY THREATENS RUSSIA: DON’T ‘PLAY WITH FIRE’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShfAPtGDWVU

RUSSIA ACCUSES UNITED STATES: THEY REVEALED OUR JET’S FLIGHT PLAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etLE1iE5AH4

RUSSIA TO TURKEY: YOU HAVE SIDED WITH ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzPIIrL4ZiE

CFR: US MUST AMPLIFY EUROPEAN FORCES TO COUNTER RUSSIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFujehmhkE

BREAKING: TURKEY MOVES TANKS AND FIGHTER JETS TO SYRIAN BORDER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7dTk05Y50

[rbg81]

Before this is all over, Turkey will be sad it ever put Erdogan in office.

[McGruff]

“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack” - Turkey’s Erdogan in 2012

http://sputniknews.com/military/20151125/1030698044/erdogan-airspace-violation-contradiction.html#ixzz3sXKS3OZN

He should have followed his own words.