Posted on 11/24/2015 2:35:31 PM PST by SkyPilot
President Obama said the shoot-down "points to an ongoing problem with the Russian operations" in Syria, including attacks against moderate Syrian opposition groups near the Turkish border.
If Russia were going after the Islamic State instead, Mr. Obama said, such mistakes "are less likely to occur." He said itâs important for Turkish and Russian officials to communicate and to "discourage any kind of escalation."
French President Francois Hollande called the incident "a serious one."
"We must prevent an escalation," he said.
Mr. Obama said the U.S. is still gathering facts of the shoot-down, but said Turkey "has a right to defend its territory and its airspace."
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We’re you Air Force down there back then?
Army.
We had air defense still there from the Cuba missile crisis. I think anti-missile was our primary mission.
All gone now. A brother went on vacation there and sent me pictures of the deserted site.
I think Russia is going to have roasted turkey for thanksgiving
Cool. So after all these years here I find we are Army bros. Technical MOS?
Pardon you language? Let us know when you’re ready to say something offensive...
High ranking Turkish politicos are involved with ISIS oil smuggling. This shootdown was revenge for the bombing of 1000 oil tankers the other day. Plenty of legit sources are saying this.
“Why is the guy next to Putin wearing sunglasses?”
He’s expecting Putin to light Bammy up at any second.
Nothing to do with it. Turkey flies all over Syrian and Greek airspace whenever they please.
This has to do with the bombing oil tankers, and Erdogan’s hooligans losing a lot of money.
I’ve been poking around in the DUmp...a lot of armchair generals there seem to be siding with Turkey.
Comedy gold...but my favorite:
“You don’t get to cross a country’s border without their permission. If you do, that country gets to shoot at you.”
....said a leftist anti-border enforcing Rat.
Just reporting what Fox said on “the Five.” And you know Fox is just reliable as hell anymore.
Syriasly, Iran cause I was Russian to Polish off my Turkey but couldn’t Finnish.
Maybe Obungo's trying to get the 12th Imam to come out of his hidey hole.
Well, France did the same thing when Reagan retaliated against Libya back in the ‘80s.
You must have been Hungary.
I was going to tip the waiter, but on the bill Egypt me.
He might of had a chance with this line of argument if his “Moderate Rebels” hadn’t executed the two Russian pilots before they even hit the ground.
Hungary for some Danish!
About July 25 2015 Turkey agreed to allow the US to use bases in their country to launch strikes against ISIS. I believe that within hours Turkish jets hit the Kurds in Iraq. Wasn’t Turkey violating the Iraq air space?
Almost 1000 years after Charles Martel, Prince Eugene defeated the Ottoman Turks at The Battle of Zenta, Yugoslavia on Sep. 11 1697.
Fredo Dogeater Toonces is gonna blunder us into war
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