“I gave the order myself” − Turkish PM on downing Russian plane

thinkpol.ca ^ | November 25, 2015 | thinkpol

[Berlin_Freeper]

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu today revealed that he personally gave the order to down the Russian Su-24 fighter jet that lead to the death of one pilot.

“Despite all the warnings, we had had to destroy the aircraft” Davutoğlu told a meeting of his AK party. “The Turkish Armed Forces carried out orders given by me personally”

[Berlin_Freeper]

[bgill]

Wow, Turkey had some fast communication going on in those 17 seconds.

[Parley Baer]

So when Turkish aircraft violate Syrian airspace are they fair game to be shot down?

[Truth29]

He’s bating Putin to try and kill him.

[Paladin2]

Turkey sides with other Islamists.

Whoda guessed?

[BobL]

Makes it easy for Moscow to figure out who in Turkey to “shoot down”, and it won’t be an innocent F-16 pilot following orders.

[Truth29]

bating = baiting

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I still suspect he ran it by Obama first.

[Don Corleone]

This was an overt act of war. WW3 could be just over the horizon. Tempers must cool.

[twister881]

The turd squatting in the WH and his idiot SOS’s are responsible for destabilizing the Mideast and setting the course for WWIII. If Putin attacks Turkey, and Turkey invokes article 5 of the NATO charter, it’s game on.

[SkyDancer]

Nah, some guy from the ME will rise up and say “Hey all, I’ve got this - just give me the power”

[Sacajaweau]

Another reason for NATO to bite the dust.

[Volunteer]

This guy is not very smart... We have seen what Putin does to people he dislikes in his own country. I would suspect that the Turkish PM is about to have an accident.

[Sacajaweau]

In the emergency NATO meeting, NATO asked Turkey why the Russian jet wasn't escorted out of the area.

Every damn country has violations.

[timestax]

[dfwgator]

[gasport]

Turkey's allegiance is to the caliphate, not NATO. Let the barbarians protect the Sick Man of Europe.

[elcid1970]

Since a state of war does not yet exist, the intruder could have been intercepted & either escorted out of Turkish airspace or ordered to land (backed up by a warning burst which is legal).

There must have been radio contact; this is madness on the Turks’ part.

[McGruff]

“A short-term border violation can never be a pretext for an attack” - Turkey’s Erdogan in 2012

http://sputniknews.com/military/20151125/1030698044/erdogan-airspace-violation-contradiction.html#ixzz3sXKS3OZN

[dowcaet]

It’s funny how these talking head policy wonks on international relations say Putin is largely ineffective. Yeah, I’d like to see these people say that to Vlad’s face.