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Business Insider:
War of the maps: Turkey released a map showing where Russia violated its airspace, and Russia countered
Turkey and Russia have released competing maps showing where a Russian
warplane violated — or steered clear of, depending on the point of view —
Turkish airspace before it was shot down early Tuesday.
Shortly after the jet was downed, the Turkish military published a radar
map demonstrating the reported flight path of the jet it shot down,
which Ankara is using as proof that the pilots violated the country's
airspace:
The blue line is the Turkish border, and the red arrow is pointing to
the spot at which the warplane reportedly entered Turkish airspace.
WNU Editor: What I found interesting about the maps is that the
Turkish map shows their jet approaching the border .... and it stops
there .... they erased the flight path on where the plane was going
next. Hmmm .... you have to wonder if the Turkish jet entered Syrian
airspace. As to the Russian map .... their definition of where the
border runs is slightly different from the Turkish map. It's a small
difference, but for high flying fast jets .... that small difference
could mean being on one side of the border (or not).
Update: This is not going to help Turkey's case ....
Russian jet hit inside Syria after incursion into Turkey: U.S. official (Reuters).
We all knew it would happen, whether off the coast of Alaska, over the
Baltic Sea, or in the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin has
been routinely challenging the NATO airspace for months, well before
entering the Syrian conflict. Military experts warned that Russian
aircraft flying in crowded airspace with transponders off is a recipe
for disaster.
That disaster has occurred, only not in the form of the anticipated
accident. Rather the Kremlin misjudged Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, who responded to Russia’s provocations by shooting down a
Russian fighter plane over its territory, after warning the Russian
fighter to leave its air space 10 times. An enraged Putin responded with
threats and accused Turkey of being “an accomplice to terror” and
“stabbing him in the back.” Turkey has vigorously defended its actions,
declaring that it gave ample warning to the Russian jet to leave its air
space. Russia’s controlled media released a withering barrage accusing
Turkey of being the main sponsor of ISIS and Islamic terrorism.
: NATO is not going to back Turkey if things get out of
hand. The response from NATO ambassadors on Tuesday is very telling
(from
Interestingly .... in many of the commentaries and opinions that I am
now reading .... many pundits (both right and left) are adopting a very
hostile view towards Turkey. Case in point ....
(James Carden, The Nation) .... and ....
(L. Todd Wood, Washington Times) .... and ....
(Raheem Kassam, Breitbart). When Breitbart and The Nation see
eye-to-eye on an issue .... that is something that everyone should take
notice.
Russia is not impressed with NATO's response ....
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