Comments on: Defense Update: Tensions over Syrian Downing of Turkish Fighter Jet (UPDATED)

By: Defense Update: Syrian Downing of Turkish Reconnaissance Aircraft — Questions Are Raised | The Penn Ave Post

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:17:24 +0000

[...] Turkish Reconnaissance Aircraft — Questions Are Raised Posted at 11:17 on June 27, 2012 by While Turkey’s NATO allies publicly support Turkey in the downing by Syria of Turkey’s unarmed, [...]

By: slamfu

slamfu — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:39:08 +0000

Russia has a lot more at stake with Syria than with the Balkans. Syria is their access to the mediterranean and the middle east. They will not give it up lightly, but if Syria is stupid enough to start a shooting war with its neighbors it could get sticky. Basically we have China and Russia backing Syria, with the US and NATO backing the desire to bring it down. Historically these situations have not ended well when superpowers are using a proxy nation to squabble. See, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan.

By: Rcoutme

Rcoutme — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:19:24 +0000

There are no good guys in Syria. We would need to blow the freaking place up and then leave! NATO can gain nothing by eliminating the Assad regime except to get one that is just as dysfunctional and hostile. I hate it when the only diplomatic choices are all bad.

By: Barky

Barky — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:59:25 +0000

Wow. What in the world is al-Assad and the Syrian military thinking? Clearly they aren’t.

There is no end game for that regime now. I can’t see a scenario that ends well for them. War with Turkey will not help their cause, end if they think Russia will help them in combat with NATO they clearly learned nothing from the Balkans in the 90′s (Milosevic, et al, were also Russian “allies”).

They’d be lucky with Saudi Arabian asylum at this point. Most likely, they are heading to the gallows.