MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
ISTANBUL — Turkish fighter jets....shot down a Russian warplane that Turkey said had violated its airspace, a long-feared escalation that could further strain relations between Russia and the West. The Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, ordered the Foreign Ministry to consult with NATO and the United Nations, his office said in a statement, without elaborating. NATO announced that it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Brussels.....Turkey released a map that it said showed that the plane, flying east, was shot down as it transited a narrow finger of Turkish land less than two miles wide..
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Erdogan is playing a dangerous game , he's essentially banking on NATO to come to his aid if Russia retaliates. If Russia doesn't retaliate ,Putin will loose face in Arab world and Erdogan will be crowned the modern age Saladin .
Western Europe knows Erdogan controls the refugee tap and his leverage is that tens of thousands of refugees will flood into Europe if they don't back him up against Russia.
Putin cares about his macho and decisive image and to maintain it there will be Russian war answer to this downing .
America and NATO needs to call Turkey's bluff and let it face Russian music alone or we are heading towards world war III.
above from a NYT comment by Ajatha Shatru.
by NCD on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 10:10am
4 day ago, liveleak.com
Over the last 24 hours, the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and the Free Syrian Army’s “1st Coastal Brigade” have retreated from several sites inside Jabal Al-Turkmen (Turkmen Mountains) after the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard launched a massive offensive in the Latakia Governorate’s northern countryside...
by NCD on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 10:40am