I am not thinking it was with the approval of NATO. They want to know why Turkey didn’t just escort the plane out. No, I think it was with the approval of Obama.
According to the General, that sort of violation is pretty common. In the case of this one, the plane was flying straight for quite a distance and the way the geography is laid out, that put them over the tip of Turkey for 20 to 40 seconds. It is not that they went out of their way to do it. Neither was there ever any threat to Turkey territory. This thing reeks of a staged event in order to be offensive while claiming defense.
It also could be a case where the Russians baited the Turks ... and the Turks called their bluff.