Turkey branded its former ally Syria "a clear and imminent threat," on Tuesday as its Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vented his fury over the downing of a Turkish fighter jet...
..."The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed given this new development," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament following the shooting down of F-4 Phantom jet Friday. The two pilots are still missing.
Any risk posed by Syria on the Turkish border will be "considered a threat and treated as a military target," he said in a jam-packed room of lawmakers who frequently interrupted the address with applause. The prime minister said Turkey's military jet violated the Syrian airspace for a short time and "by mistake" and repeated that it was unarmed, flying solo when it was shot down by Syria "without a single warning."
"We did not receive a single warning, note from Syria (regarding airspace violation)...They acted without warning. This is a hostile act," Erdogan said.
So the sharks smell blood in the water and will poke and prod until they get the reaction they want. It's literally like watching hyenas take small bites out of their prey (of course running away when swatted at, but always coming back for more) before their target finally stops, gives them its full attention and gets attacked from behind. It's hilarious to watch and it's always predictable.
I've said it before: watching these types of people plot and scheme against each other is like watching 7 year-olds plot during recess. It's a joke and we all know what the outcome will be. And these are our "world leaders"...sociopaths the lot of them.
GONNAFISTYA wrote: And these are our "world leaders"...sociopaths the lot of them.
Does anyone expect anything less from people who think highly enough of themselves to lead entire countries?
I'm sure there are some fundamental 'fucked' traits that come with that, no matter how you slice it.
did anyone notice that the meat of that article was just quotes from erdogan's press statement? there's no independent investigation here, no attempt to figure out exactly what happened or why
seremtan wrote:did anyone notice that the meat of that article was just quotes from erdogan's press statement? there's no independent investigation here, no attempt to figure out exactly what happened or why
media fail
The media's goal isn't the truth, it's to help fan the flames.
Fly an outdated jet just across the border real low like it's trying to avoid the radar, make sure it's similar to what Isreal used to fly, count on Syrian twitchiness due to Israel's raid on the alleged nuclear reactor a while back, wait for the radar systems to light it up, map the radar systems for future use... and if it gets shot down act all righteous and pissed and move troops to the border.
Win
Btw fun fact, the updated version of the F4 that Turkey uses is called the Terminator 2020. It must be good, because that's a really cool name.
Nightshade wrote:In all honesty, Syria's government appear to be every bit as assholian as Iraq's was, yet I don't hear any talk of regime change. Hmm.
