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Old 11-25-2015, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by FDXLAG View Post
Could be I heard the warning on the tube today.
Right. But who knows? Whether in this conflict, or over the course of years how many times has Russia transgressed Turkish airspace? I don't know, no clue. And just because the military or lame stream media doesn't report it doesn't mean it doenst happen.

Circling back to my previous post, maybe it was a simply a case of the Turks saying "enough is enough".
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Old 11-25-2015, 01:35 PM
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Right. But who knows? Whether in this conflict, or over the course of years how many times has Russia transgressed Turkish airspace? I don't know, no clue. And just because the military or lame stream media doesn't report it doesn't mean it doenst happen.

Circling back to my previous post, maybe it was a simply a case of the Turks saying "enough is enough".
Hard to build sympathy for the country who helped shoot down MH17.
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Old 11-25-2015, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FDXLAG View Post
Hard to build sympathy for the country who helped shoot down MH17.
No sympathy felt......

That's not the point.
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Old 11-25-2015, 09:59 PM
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The big Turks kids are ****ed about the loss of that bargain rate IS oil flowing across the border, they were handling it for the head choppers. Funny thing that the oil stopped flowing after the tanker trucks where attacked?
Irregardless, warned or not it was and easy shot into the arse end of a loitering bomber. Rescued NAV says they never seen it coming.
Obviously it wasn't thought out very well by the powers that called it, with gunning the chutes and all (where the stuff did all those cameras come from? the whole event was caught on video..)
One things for certain, everyone's lying to some degree, as can be expected.
Now throw some S-400's into the mix, IST anyone?
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Old 11-26-2015, 09:34 AM
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Report said the Turkish government has sent four(?) letters to the Russian Ambassador telling them to stop flying into Turkish airspace.

Apparently the Russians either didn't take they seriously or thought they didn't have to bother listen to them.

Fox 2.
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:12 AM
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Propping up a savage dictator by indiscriminately flinging unguided weapons everywhere Daesh is not? I won't argue our strategy isn't flawed but Putin is no one to get all damp in your panties over.
Savage dictators are the only ones that provide stability in the region. Reference the current state of Libya, Egypt, and Iraq. You would over throw him? You may not like him but we need Assad in power.
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Old 11-27-2015, 09:00 AM
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Savage dictators are the only ones that provide stability in the region. Reference the current state of Libya, Egypt, and Iraq. You would over throw him? You may not like him but we need Assad in power.
Maybe, but that doesn't justify helping him murder his own population. Neither the Turks nor the Russians are proving to be good partners in this fight. Go figure.
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Old 11-27-2015, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Tanker-driver View Post
Neither the Turks nor the Russians are proving to be good partners in this fight. Go figure.
Another reason to re-evaluate our entangling alliances.
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Old 11-28-2015, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Fluglehrer View Post
Another reason to re-evaluate our entangling alliances.
If we are going to fight with one hand behind our back, let's pickle a thermonuclear device with the good hand.
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