If this is true it could be the catalyst for international force to remove Assad?
Turkey/Syria relations are tense as it is.
Where did you get the news btw? Can't see it on BBC or Huffington Post yet.
It's been all over the BBC news since mid afternoon been following it closely to see if they find the pilots alive.
Will be interesting to see how it was brought down Syria have AA missile batteries deployed all over their country right now, or it could be the Syrian Air Force.
Just now Syria confirm they shot down the jet over their territory. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18561219
Syria will turn into another Bosnia. Everyone will be wringing their hands until its too late. Only afterwards will governments feign shock over the mass graves.
Anyone notice there is virtually no news about Libya now that the oil companies are nicely settled in?
Dun give a f*c reall, but scouse said i should post in every thread
Countries do constantly violate the borders of their neighbours though - they very rarely open fire.
It's ok to shoot it down 15 minutes after it's left your airspace? I think you're getting a bit ahead of yourself. Syria are saying they had a right to shoot it down (they would say that) and Turkey are saying it was a radar test and the plane was clearly marked and not showing any hostility (they would say that).
It's utterly pointless taking sides or saying "x was to blame" until somebody a bit more neutral comes up with something conclusive.
It's pretty bloody telling how passive and "wordy" some governments can be when there's nothing in it for them (ie billions of dollars worth of oil).
Well I actually think we should step in, as we did with Bosnia.
...that's not to say we should have got involved with Afghanistan or should do Iran, we have no place there.
Regardless of Turkey the international community should be stepping in to remove Assad from power and tell Russia to shut up or fucking do something and they can keep their shitty naval base if that's what they fucking care about.
It's horrific in Syria, your own Government slaughtering it's own people, it's about time someone stepped in all it needs is one country to say we are going to remove him by force and the rest will join in.
Yeah so they shot down some F-4 Vietnam era plane we are better equipped with better missles,bombs that can target their air defences and radar installations.
Like most middle east countries they have a lot of military hardware but most of it doesn't work because they can't maintain the stuff they buy from other countries.
Remove Assad help to get a Government installed and leave them to it like Lybia because they seem to be doing ok now.