Turkey shoots down Russian fighter jet

[Malthus]

Jesus Christ.

He did yoga?

That would be cultural appropriation.

[alfred russel]

He did yoga?

Not in the Russia vs. Turkey WWIII thread.

Martinus kept asking me questions (last time excepted). Can I blame him?

I'm sorry if we made your war boner go limp. 

[lustindarkness]

He did yoga?

Not in the Russia vs. Turkey WWIII thread.

The guy could walk on water, I'm sure he could do yoga without one of those yoga mats (can we still call them yoga mats?).

[FunkMonk]

Jesus Christ.

He did yoga?

That would be cultural appropriation.

[citizen k]

. I'm sure Russians will be pissed about it, heck I'm pretty pissed about it.

1980's KRonn is crying. 

[HisMajestyBOB]

Supposedly this is Russia's version of events:

[DGuller]

That's quite a sharp turn they took right before falling.  No wonder the pilots are dead, the g forces must've been into thousands.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Shooting pilots in their parachutes does seem rather dishonorable.

[Duque de Bragança]

Also forbidden by the Geneva convention IIRC, though I am not sure how well it applies here. Armed conflict, yes but not legitimate war with war declaration and clearly defined enemies.

[grumbler]

I gotta say, I know that Turkey is a NATO ally but I don't know which side I despise more.

Yeah, that's pretty much the way the Brits felt when the Nazis attacked the Poles in 1939.

[grumbler]

Also forbidden by the Geneva convention IIRC, though I am not sure how well it applies here. Armed conflict, yes but not legitimate war with war declaration and clearly defined enemies.

The GC doesn't require any of that.  It applied, for instance, to the Vietnam Wars.

[Syt]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/25/mideast-crisis-usa-france-idUSL8N13J5ER20151125

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A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the United States believed the Russian jet was hit inside Syrian air space after a brief incursion into Turkish air space. The assessment was based on heat observed from the jet, the official said.

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[Queequeg]

I am very conflicted on this, especially as the Polish media have started a ritual dance cheering on the Turks already. I have no love for either Putin and Erdogan. I would have felt better about it if the pilots weren't massacred as a result - they probably were just some kids, who were on a bomb run against ISIS, and they paid with their lives because of two assholes posturing.

Sorry for going all pinko on this.

in an ideal world the Turks and Russians finish of each other, ending up with the Greeks and half of the Paradox-forums to reclaim what's left for Byzantium.

I call Attaleia.

[Maladict]

A Dutch tour operator is advertising trips to Turkey "now without Russian tourists!"

[DGuller]

A Dutch tour operator is advertising trips to Turkey "now without Russian tourists!"