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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).
REUTERS/DENIS SINYAKOV
IBTimes: How Russia's Media Covered Turkey Shooting Down A Russian Fighter Jet
Russian state-owned television portrayed Turkey on Tuesday evening news
bulletins as a supporter of the Islamic State group that had been
angered by Russia’s allegedly successful air campaign in Syria, while
commentators expressed fear that the Kremlin's response could lead to
Russian jets becoming entangled in dogfights with their Turkish
counterparts. “There are many cases when a plane of one country violates
the airspace of another country,” said a reporter on state-owned
Channel One. “To shoot a plane down you have to want to shoot it down.”
Most state-owned Russian media stressed the Russian ground attack
aircraft that was targeted had been flying over Syrian territory when it
was shot down by Turkey Tuesday. They speculated over Turkey’s possible
motivation for such an act of aggression.
WNU Editor: For this story I watched and listened to U.S.,
Canadian, British, and Russian media .... and I found very little if any
difference in the coverage. Russian pundits were more worried on
escalation .... but even U.S. conservative talk show host Sean Hannity
was giving the benefit of the doubt to Russia. Overall .... I guess I
can say that opinion was mixed. Russian social media .... that is a
different story. It ranged from launching retaliatory strikes against
Turkey .... to getting the hell out of Syria.
Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes: If Turkey And Russia Continue Fighting, It May Threaten NATO's Existence
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.
WNU Editor: NATO is not going to back Turkey if things get out of
hand. The response from NATO ambassadors on Tuesday is very telling
(from
Reuters) ....
.... NATO ambassadors called on Ankara to show "cool-headedness" on
Tuesday following an emergency meeting in Brussels, after Turkey shot
down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, diplomats said.
Diplomats present at the meeting told Reuters that while none of the 28
NATO envoys defended Russia's actions, many expressed concern that Turkey did not escort the Russian warplane out of its airspace.
Not exactly what I would call a vote of confidence in Turkey.
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 ....
Turkey Brings NATO to the Precipice of War With Russia (James Carden, The Nation) .... and ....
Will reckless Turkey draw NATO into war with Russia? (L. Todd Wood, Washington Times) .... and ....
NATO Should Tell Turkey: ‘This Thanksgiving, You’re Dumped’
(Raheem Kassam, Breitbart). When Breitbart and The Nation see
eye-to-eye on an issue .... that is something that everyone should take
notice.
More News On NATO's Response To Tuesday's Incident Of Turkey Shooting Down A Russian Military Jet
NATO head urges 'calm, de-escalation' after Russian plane downed -- AFP
NATO urges calm after Turkey shoots down Russian plane -- CBS
NATO Expresses Solidarity With Turkey After Russian Jet Shooting -- WSJ
NATO Backs Turkey But Seeks to Lower Tensions With Russia -- VOA
Security leaders: NATO, Russia need to talk -- Politico
Nato and UN seek calm over Turkish downing of Russian jet -- The Guardian
NATO faces new Mideast crisis after downing of Russian jet by Turkey -- Washington Post
Update: Russia is not impressed with NATO's response ....
Russian envoy: Ankara forced NATO to excuse the downing of Russian Su-24 (TASS)
