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The US president's rush to defend Turkey is beyond ridiculous, even taking into account that Turkey is part of NATO. Turkish airplanes breach the Greek airspace

by return0 11y ago

The US president's rush to defend Turkey is beyond ridiculous, even taking into account that Turkey is part of NATO. Turkish airplanes breach the Greek airspace over the Aegean sea multiple times every day (Turkey considers parts of the aegean disputed despite international treaties). Never has an incident happened, despite dogfights having been happening for decades. By this logic there would not be any turkish pilots alive by now. Turkey's military often likes to interfere in turkish politics, and this was probably caused by some hothead militant. I doubt turkey has at this stage anything to gain from confrontation with Russia.

comrh 11y ago
Russia also has a history of "testing" airspace of other countries though.
- mladenkovacevic 11y ago
  As does every other country, US and Turkey included.
Jun8 11y ago
The Aegean situation is complicated (you can start by examining the maps here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_dispute), it's not clear which international treaties you are referring to. Both sides, as internal policies dictate, have escalated the situation at times. "Turkey's military often likes to interfere in turkish politics": This is outdated information, the military nowadays appear to be subdued by the strong government presence. If there were "hothead militants" still around there would be many other goals they would be pursuing other than downing Russian planes.
falsestprophet 11y ago
Turkish airplanes breach the Greek airspace over the Aegean sea multiple times every day The Russian bomber was on a combat mission near the Turkish border. Turkey has a legitimate interest in preventing combat aircraft from deliberately or accidentally bombing Turkish territory and Turkish people. Turkey stated it would respond disproportionately to any incursions into its airspace and has shot down Syrian aircraft for similar incursions.

by return0 11y ago

comrh 11y ago

Russia also has a history of "testing" airspace of other countries though.

mladenkovacevic 11y ago
As does every other country, US and Turkey included.

Jun8 11y ago

The Aegean situation is complicated (you can start by examining the maps here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_dispute), it's not clear which international treaties you are referring to. Both sides, as internal policies dictate, have escalated the situation at times. "Turkey's military often likes to interfere in turkish politics": This is outdated information, the military nowadays appear to be subdued by the strong government presence. If there were "hothead militants" still around there would be many other goals they would be pursuing other than downing Russian planes.

falsestprophet 11y ago

Turkish airplanes breach the Greek airspace over the Aegean sea multiple times every day The Russian bomber was on a combat mission near the Turkish border. Turkey has a legitimate interest in preventing combat aircraft from deliberately or accidentally bombing Turkish territory and Turkish people. Turkey stated it would respond disproportionately to any incursions into its airspace and has shot down Syrian aircraft for similar incursions.