So this morning I woke up and read that Turkey shot down a Russian fighter, who could ever see that coming…  Turkey is a NATO member so if shit starts up, the rest of the alliance will definitely be tested but I doubt that’ll happen as no country in the world right now can afford to go to war (luckily).  I don’t really care who’s right or wrong but the situation in the middle east sucks there needs to be a local solution to the problems and right now the locals don’t seem to care.

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies.

“We are looking into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian jet,” Russia’s Defence Ministry said. “The Ministry of Defence would like to stress that the plane was over the Syrian territory throughout the flight.”

Russia said the Su-24 was downed by artillery fire, but Turkey claimed that its F-16s fired on the Russian plane after it ignored several warnings. The ministry said the pilots parachuted but added that Moscow had no further contact with them.

Source: Toronto Star