The
Paris attacks was the first shot being fired. The downing of a Russian SU-24 by NATO is
the second. I have no doubt that the USA will frantically protest that Turkey,
not NATO, is responsible, but when Putin responds, the USA will be treaty-bound
to defend Turkey. This is why the Founding Fathers warned against
"entangling alliances", as they tend to outsource one's diplomatic
and wartime decision-making at the very worst possible times.
A
Russian Su-24 fighter has been shot down in Syria, Russian Defense Ministry
said, adding the plane hadn’t violated Turkish airspace and was at an altitude
of 6,000 meters.
If
you haven't read much about the leadup to past world wars, what you should
understand is that they never look like anything out of the ordinary at first.
However, unlike the previous world wars, this looks like one that will
genuinely span the globe, as the jihadists have been permitted to infiltrate
every country and nation, from China to Iceland, while China is poised to not
only invade Taiwan, but claim the entire South China Sea and spread out across
Africa.
About the only place we can expect to escape the global conflict is South America, as La Raza Cósmica is more vicious and more capable than the mujahideen while simultaneously being devoid of any semblance of white guilt or mercy. The jihadists wouldn't last five minutes against the cartels.
As Nicolas Taleb has observed, the one place the immigrants have failed to find any footing in Italy is where the mafias rule.
This doesn't mean that Russia and the USA are going to start shooting at each other immediately, it merely means that another domino has fallen.
UPDATE: All right, this may be more than just another domino falling. I doubt that Putin will fail to respond to this sort of behavior by the Turks:
About the only place we can expect to escape the global conflict is South America, as La Raza Cósmica is more vicious and more capable than the mujahideen while simultaneously being devoid of any semblance of white guilt or mercy. The jihadists wouldn't last five minutes against the cartels.
As Nicolas Taleb has observed, the one place the immigrants have failed to find any footing in Italy is where the mafias rule.
This doesn't mean that Russia and the USA are going to start shooting at each other immediately, it merely means that another domino has fallen.
UPDATE: All right, this may be more than just another domino falling. I doubt that Putin will fail to respond to this sort of behavior by the Turks:
Turkmen
forces in Syria shot dead the two pilots of a Russian jet downed by Turkish
warplanes near the border with Turkey on Tuesday as they descended with
parachutes, a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade told reporters.
"Both of the pilots were retrieved dead. Our comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air," Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade said near the Syrian village of Yamadi as he held what he said was a piece of a pilot's parachute.
"Both of the pilots were retrieved dead. Our comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air," Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade said near the Syrian village of Yamadi as he held what he said was a piece of a pilot's parachute.
UPDATE
II: The news just keeps getting worse. It looks like we know who is supporting
ISIS and who is not.
Russian
helicopter SHOT DOWN while searching for downed jet
UPDATE
III: Putin's response: "A stab in the back by the
accomplices of terrorism."
“The loss today is a stab in the back, carried out by the accomplices of
terrorists. I can’t describe it in any other way.”
“Our aircraft was downed over the territory of Syria, using air-to-air missile from a Turkish F-16. It fell on the Syrian territory 4km from Turkey.”
“Neither our pilots nor our jet threatened the territory of Turkey.”
“Today’s tragic event will have significant consequences, including for Russia-Turkish relations ... Instead of immediately getting in contact with us, as far as we know, the Turkish side immediately turned to their partners from Nato to discuss this incident, as if we shot down their plane and not they ours.”
“Do they want to make Nato serve ISIS? ... We hope that the international community will find the strength to come together and fight against the common evil.”
“Our aircraft was downed over the territory of Syria, using air-to-air missile from a Turkish F-16. It fell on the Syrian territory 4km from Turkey.”
“Neither our pilots nor our jet threatened the territory of Turkey.”
“Today’s tragic event will have significant consequences, including for Russia-Turkish relations ... Instead of immediately getting in contact with us, as far as we know, the Turkish side immediately turned to their partners from Nato to discuss this incident, as if we shot down their plane and not they ours.”
“Do they want to make Nato serve ISIS? ... We hope that the international community will find the strength to come together and fight against the common evil.”
UPDATE IV: Yeah, I'll bet Erdogan called an emergency meeting.
Turkey’s
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called an emergency security meeting
involving his top generals, heads of intelligence, Prime Minister Davutoğlu and
other senior ministers.
