paphitis I am amazed that you do not see that the air space over Syria is closed to the turks....actually anything coming from turkey is a no no these days...the turks must be having death wishes if they dare to fly over Syria...no NATO coverage including a no fly zone...
the Russians are moving in a lot of support to lock down the airspace over Syria....to the point even the yanks will have to file flight plans...
BTW there is no de jure government in Syria and there is no permission from people...all nonsenses...reality is, Russia is an invited party...simple as that...
http://atimes.com/2015/11/german-general-nato-article-5-wont-apply-to-turkeys-buffer-zone-in-syria/my hunch is the PKK will get a few goodies out of all this and lets see how well they will work in turkey...
paphitis you need to ask yourself, what exactly did turkey win out of downing a Russian plane...apart from expecting 10 fold pay back from the Russians, one way or another...and believe me, the plane was not an ordinary plane, it belong to a superpower with the ability to glass turkey...
and before you go on about NATO bear in mind turkey was invited in NATO to PROTECT WESTERN INTERESTS....this mean it does not give turkey the right to endanger western interests...
Do you think it was sanctioned by NATO?...then what would NATO get out of this?...fuck all...
here read...
US officials blame Turkey for overreactingCBS News on Tuesday quoted anonymous US officials as blaming Turkey for overreacting to a minor violation of its airspace.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-US-officials-blame-Turkey-for-overreacting-to-minor-violation-of-airspace-435293US believes Russian jet was in Syrian airspace when Turkey shot it downhttp://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-believes-Russian-jet-was-in-Syrian-airspace-when-Turkey-shot-it-down-435275WASHINGTON - The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a US official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official said that assessment was based on detection of the heat signature of the jet.
Analysis: Turkey’s ‘brinkmanship’ move with Russiahttp://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Turkeys-brinkmanship-move-with-Russia-435268But already there are cracks in the seemingly unified front. Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his sharp tongue, denounced the Turkish operation and reminded the world of Turkey’s dubious past with Islamic State.