Posted on 11/25/2015 12:34:26 PM PST by rickmichaels
The dogfight did not come out of the blue. For days, Russian jets had been roaring along the Turkish border, bombing the hills on the Syrian side in support of an Assad regime attack on rebel forces.
Around 9 a.m. local time Tuesday, the Turks decided they had had enough. As two Sukhoi-24 fighter bombers flew over a spit of Turkish territory that juts into Syria, they scrambled two of their own fighters and issued warnings.
The Turkish jets, F-16s sold to Ankara by their close NATO allies the United States, engaged and shot down one of the SU-24s. The time was 9:24 a.m.
The downed plane had already, according to one account, released its payload of air-to-ground missiles on the rebels beneath.
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“As two Sukhoi-24 fighter bombers flew over a spit of Turkish territory that juts into Syria, they scrambled two of their own fighters and issued warnings”
This is impossible. Look at a map.
The spit of Turkish airspace is quite narrow. A jet will fly over it in MOMENTS, not even minutes (I would guess).
Turkey didn’t “scramble” anyone. They “ambushed”.
No doubt with obamas blessing and encouragement.
“The dogfight did not come out of the blue”
Dogfight?
I’m not saying that it was illegal for Turkey to shoot down Russians in their airspace.
I’m saying the reporters are giving the wrong impression.
Turkey didn’t quickly react to a provocation. They laid in wait on purpose to make a point by shooting down a Russian plane.
Fair enough.
Now what?
Rubio wants WW IV. Who else is in?
(Nutballs....)
They don’t know what a dogfight is!
The Turks are secretly rooting for ISIS. There have beeen reports of Turkish troops doing nothing while ISIS commits atrocities within sight of their border. Now we have reports of Erdogan providing weapons to ISIS.
I saw second hand reports last night that Erdogan’s family is wholesaling the ISIS crude oil and making millions.
Would like confirmation of that.
Interesting article. It’s amazing that there are so ethnic conflicts around the world yet liberals are relentless in their push to Balkanize America.
Come Saturday many of us here will have had enough of Turkey too!
Its 2 miles wide. A blink of an eye in a jet.
The Russians should ask for guidance from the Armenians and Kurds when forming their response to the Turk Mohammedans.
At 9:24 a.m. Tuesday, the Turks made a YUGE mistake...
Well that brings up an interesting question - where the heck are all these oil trucks going? Where ever that is - bomb it too.
That’s exactly right. And all they’d had enough of was of the Russians taking out their Islamist friends.
And when Russia retaliates, and since Turkey and the US are NATO members and pledge to defend one another..............
A scenario brought about by Il Douche allowing ISIS to form and gain strength.
We’d have to bomb Turkey. Look at a map. Turkey is the inlet and outlet for everything ISIS.
ISIS couldn’t EXIST without Turkish cooperation.
One of the worst kept secrets in the world. Turkey deserves to get hammered.
I agree and if I was Putin I would threaten Ankara and explain that Obama is his bitch.
He is a man and Obama is a pussy.
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