“Despite looking I am unable to corroborate your assertions.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html?_r=0
..-A United States military spokesman, Col. Steven Warren, confirmed on Tuesday that Turkish pilots had warned the Russian pilot 10 times, but that the Russian jet ignored the warnings. Colonel Warren, speaking from Baghdad to reporters in Washington -
The pilot lied, Putin lied and Lavov lied. Russians lie.
The pilot lied, Putin lied and Lavov lied. Russians lie.....And nowadays, our military lies even worse.
So we are to believe whatever the NYSlimes prints and whatever the WH tells us is the truth? I must have missed something ...
Despite your apparent dislike for the Russian - which must come from some dreadful personal experience - they do not always lie, unlike Obama.
And see this article:
Top U.S. Air Defense Commander: Turkey’s Shootdown of Russian Jet “Had to Be PRE-PLANNED”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3365561/posts
Zero Hedge vs NYSlimes ... popcorn time.