... and the CSAR bird was forced into an emergency landing as well, reports say.

Can we get a *ww3 channel?

*russia *fail *ftw

Adding video to channels (Fail, Ftw, Russia) - requested by ant.

I don't believe the Russian account for a second.

The Turks complained several times in recent weeks of Russian aircraft invading their airspace and I never heard a Russian attempt at denial. Now one's been shot down and the Russians claim it was nowhere near Turkish airspace? B.S.

The Turks have nothing to gain from stirring this pot, but the Russians have a ton to gain, as they're using it as an excuse to bring AA batteries into the area now, weapons which can only be useful against NATO forces, because the rebels have no air force.

The Russian pilot claims he never got any warning, but every other pilot operating in the region from all nationalities heard it clearly.

Putin's been running a campaign against the moderate rebels (the only clear alternative the West would accept over Assad) and has shown no interest in targeting ISIS positions. It's pretty easy to see every action he's taken in the area is to prop up Assad at the expense of everyone else (except ISIS, who reap the benefits).

That turkey musta been a helluva shot -- and so apropos of the holiday, too!

That's a little on the nose, given the situation. Or is it on the beak? I'm not going to let Russia's propaganda machine stuff me with their lies. I just won't gobble it. Put a fork in me; I'm done!

Only weird part about this is how a plane shot down for violating Turkish airspace ends up crashing in Syria.
I'd love to see the flight path.

Hopefully Turkey is done propping up ISIS (which they have been doing in the past [and maybe still] because ISIS is solving Turkey's 'Kurdish problem'), else this is a pretty brazen move.

(Check out the VICE interviews with Syrians living on the Turkish border, how they talk about arms and fighters pouring in across the Turkish border headed to ISIS...)

-scheherazade

In Soviet Russia Airforce during Thanksgiving, Turkey shoots you!




Ya. That was stretching it.

This article has both flight paths (the Russian claimed one and the Turkish claimed one):

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34912581