Absolutely not.
ColdH, what is your view of the shooting down of KAL007, in Soviet airspace, in 1983?
I think those responsible should have been taken to task, but they were not. (If I recall)
I have few memories of the incident, but it seems to me that the speculation was making a case that the plane flew over a restricted area, and perhaps was a bit off it’s normal line. It was some sort of knee jerk reaction.
Can’t compare to this incident..here you have what is supposed to be a major power engaging in military strikes in a country allied to it, yet it also thumbs it’s nose at selected adjacent countries, commits border incursions multiple times and does nothing to correct it.
IMO they are so married to the idea that they can do this without consequence (as they have been doing globally) that they and some here on the forum are offended when a violated country finally does something.
Again, this was about more than a series of border intrusions. It was about what the Russians were doing along that border as well with the Turkmen.
It seems to me that Russia, in that case, was protecting Iran and it’s Quds forces, rather than Assad. But I digress..
I’m not saying that what Turkey did was the exactly right way to deal with it. I do think the reaction was somewhat emotional knee jerk as well. But Russia appears to be accepting none of the responsibility, nor are their supporters, which explains why I am engaged in the discussion.