08-13-2019, 10:51 AM
(08-13-2019, 10:31 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 13-Aug-2019 Russia-Turkey
(08-12-2019, 09:29 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: > It would be ironic if some of Turkey's S-400s end up shooting down
> Russian planes.
Lol! You're right - ironic indeed! It took two years for Putin to
forgive Erdogan the last time the Turks shot down a Russian warplane,
and in the meantime he implemented harsh anti-Turkey sanctions. If
what you're suggesting happened, I don't that Putin would probably
react militarily.
H-m-m-m. I wouldn't assume that the Russians would sell a missile system to Turkey unless an override was hidden in the code somewhere. Why should they? The two have been belligerents many times in the past, and there is no love loss between them. Both nations, and both leaders, are nationalists, and unlikely allies.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
