Might not be BS. Russia knew about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. They knew the US was going to use it as a “false flag” event to use it as an excuse to invade. They went to the UN ahead of the incident.
Russia knew about our dealings in Benghazi and warned the US to knock it off or there would be consequences. They also went to the UN to have the operation shut down. Which the US ignored.
Maybe this coup attempt has been in the works for some time.
Maybe we had a Department of State that had zero OPSEC or COMSEC accountability for decades?
Maybe we had a Secretary of State who has SAP programs on aserver in her bathroom closet.
What I meant by BS is specifically this: Erdogan is trying to interpret the Su downing episode as an operation done behind his back by the plotters/Gulenists/US/Saudis.
In reality he clearly went ahead with it, just changed his mind later -- in part due to the Russian economic countermeasures -- and now is trying to clean the record. -----
On an aside, Erdogan -- unlike Putin -- is a tactician. He always does what he thinks is the best thing to do today, he never thinks what may happen tomorrow.