Maybe that's what Putin meant when he said they were stabbed in the back.
“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack” - Turkey’s Erdogan in 2012
Putin statement from the Hollande Presser a few hours ago:
“The Americans know in advance the timing and location of our operations, and it seems this information was used by Turkey to hit our plane.â€
Any bets you won’t be hearing one whiff of this on CNN?
Turkey will rue the day they stabbed Russia, a former friend in the back, just to pall around with their new best friend ‘President Obama’ the Kenyan. Given the right circumstance, Turkey can quickly end up thrown under the proverbial bus faster that you can say Izmir.
They are just claiming they didn’t know because they are unhappy with the consequences. If they did not know, they would apologize. Period!
As for us knowing the flight ahead of time, it would not surprise me one iota if Obama tried a proxy jab. Completely irresponsible if that is what happened.
As someone else stated it was an ambush. I tend to agree. It takes time to scramble jets and especially for the limited time the jets was in Turkish airspace.
I’m dense... but Putin is accusing USA of sharing with Turkey exactly where their flights would be based on where Russia told us?
Keep in mind that all this madness is all about the overthrow of Syria. In the beginning...
1) Obama arms local rebels to overthrow Assad.
2) Most of these rebels take the money and the arms and run for the hills.
3) Obama fakes chemical strike to gain political initiative
4) Putin kicks us out of the way and blocks Obama from overthrowing Assad. Then starts bombing the crap out of the rebels we were paying/arming to go after Assad.
5) Obama makes a deal with Turkey to invoke article 5 of the NATO peace-treaty by shooting down a Russian Jetfighter.
6) This puts Putin in check by daring him to retaliate militarily or he will look weak in front of his people.
7) Putin doesn’t take the bait. Instead Putin hits Turkey with a financial attack worth Billions.
8) This now puts Obama in CHECK. Your move Barry!
Yes, and when the pilots parachuted out, they were greeted by a Turkmen welcoming party, who knew exactly where to be.
How often do American and Canadian jets warn and escort Russian aircraft away from our airspace around Alaska and the Yukon and Northwest Territories? A lot.
Who else would be flying in that direction in that area a that height and speed? Can't be a long list.
I bet Obama apologizes to Russia.
Now Putin knows what our “Great ObamaNation” meant when he said he would be “ . . . more flexable after the election”.