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"Let Them Fly There Now": Putin Threatens To Shoot Down Turkish Jets In Syria, Calls Erdogan An Ass Kisser
It’s been nearly a month since Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 in what not only represented the most serious escalation to date in Syria’s five year conflict but also marked the first time a NATO member has engaged a Russian or Soviet aircraft in at least six decades.
The “incident” - which came several weeks after Ankara downed what certainly appeared to be a Russian drone - infuriated The Kremlin, setting off a war of words that culminated in a lengthy presentation by the Russian MoD which purported to prove that illicit Islamic State oil flows through Turkey. Both Putin and a number of other Russian officials have implicated Erdogan and his family in the trafficking of illegal crude and there’s speculation that Ankara’s brazen move to fire on the Russian warplane stemmed from Erdogan’s desire to “punish” Russia for disrupting what Deputy Minister of Defence Anatoly Antonov sarcastically called “a brilliant family business.”
As for the Russian foreign ministry, Sergei Lavrov canceled a planned trip to Turkey and Maria Zakharova went so far as to reference Turkey’s infamous political blogger Fuat Avni (a pseudonym) on the way to suggesting that Ankara had been planning to shoot down a Russian fighter jet for at least a month.
In an effort to ensure that the downing of a Russian warplane in Syria was a “one and done” event, Moscow deployed the Moskva off the coast of Latakia and sent in the S-400 air defense systems (which were rumored to have already been in place).
Those moves rattled the US and its partners who fear that a nervous Putin might “inadvertently” shoot down an American, French, or British warplane. Indeed Putin ratcheted up the rhetoric last week. While not detailing 'who' he was focused on, the President told a session of the Defense Ministry's collegium that "I order to act extremely tough. Any targets that threaten Russian forces or our infrastructure on the ground should be immediately destroyed."
Well, in case that wasn’t clear enough, Putin took it a step further on Thursday.
During his annual news conference in Moscow, the Russian President literally dared Erdogan to send Turkish F-16s into Syrian airspace.
As Bloomberg reports, “President Vladimir Putin signaled that Russia is ready to shoot down any Turkish military aircraft that strays into Syrian airspace."
“Turkey constantly violated Syrian airspace in the past. Let them fly there now,” he said, pointing out that Russia’s most advanced air-defense system, the S-400, is covering all of Syria.

(in case the S-400s and the Moskva should prove insufficient, Putin always has the "hands on" option)
"This is the 11th press conference Putin will have with Russian and international journalists during the three terms he has served as head of state," Sputnik notes. "These large press meetings, held once a year, usually last several hours. Almost 1,400 journalists have received accreditation for this year’s event."
As for whether The Kremlin thinks the US was in any way involved in the downing of the Russian warplane, Putin said he wasn't aware of any American involvement, but did suggest (literally) that Erdogan may have been trying to kiss Washington's ass or, in Bloomberg's more politically correct terminology, "Turkey may have been trying to curry favor with the largest member of NATO".
Putin: “If someone in Turkey decided to kiss Americans on a certain body part, I don’t know whether it was right or not."
Watch the full video below.
For those who missed it, here's an infographic look at the S-400:
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What a comeback... Are you sure you're not Latvian?
Standard Disclaimer: Is another joke from Latvia. I tell now.
Latvian is rub lamp find genie. Genie say, “What is three wishes?” Latvian say, “I wish potato!” Then, POOF! Potato! Latvian so happy! “Oh! Is potato! Is potato!” say Latvian. Genie ask, “What is next wish?” Latvian is say, “I wish you go away so can enjoy potato!” POOF! Too bad. Also, was only lamp.
There's a YouTube guy who produces vids saying the same stuff as you. Maybe you are him, dunno.
Problem is that Galileo beat you to it by proving that the world is round, not flat. Nobody believed him at the time.
Is the moon round?
Putin and Trump are both old school, common sense, politically incorrect guys. Both would happily nuke the middle east if they could get away with it.
Those moves rattled the US and its partners who fear that a nervous Putin might “inadvertently” shoot down an American, French, or British warplane.
"A nervous Putin"??? Where do people come up with shit like that?? If Russia ever ends up shooting down a NATO plane it certainly won't be because Putin, or any other Russian offical, is "nervous" about anything going on in Syria. Give me a break . . .
Putin is way to polite. Otherwise he would of called Erdogan a cock sucker.
I still vote Putin even over Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIlQ3_lsKE
erDOGan lying between thiggs : I have done what you asked my love
cabalA$$LickerLiarAddictObamma : Keep sucking , I will see that you get a nobel peace prize from my vassals , as I did
It is a slightly changed quote from the old Soviet movie "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070233/)
"Tsar: - So, you invented the a time machine?
Shurik: - Yep.
Tsar: - Well, I knew one person, he was inventor too... he invented wings.
Shurik: - So, what had happened with him?
Tsar: - I set him on a powder keg... let him fly there."
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US cancelling flights over many parts of Syria because of advanced anti-air from Russia ...
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-17/new-russian-air-defenses-in-syria-keep-u-s-grounded?cmpid=yhoo.headline
don't know why US officials and military insist on discussing this issue in terms of policies related to ISIS and Assad. That is yesterday's news. Putin is taking ground. He is the Napolean Bonaparte of the early 21'st Century. That's not praise or damnation ... just the reality.
He is certainly not Napoleon; Putin is not taking unnecessary risks, and is playing exactly by the rule book - getting Syria to request him officially to hit ISIS, getting the Russian Parliament to approve the deployment, etc. If he wins this 'war', he will tower over Stalin or Peter the Great in his country; as the world is bereft of such a leader in any other country, 2015 - 20 will be his narrative.
According to him, the vote on the status of the debt occurred in correspondence via a newsletter from the Directors notification of the draft decision. According to the rules, if some of the Directors are against it, there would have to be a face-to-face meeting. On the day of the decision the Director had not expressed his objection to the decision, thus it is considered to be effective.
This IMF decision adds a new twist to their other recent decision when they announced that only outstanding sovereign debts repayable in USD (taken to mean "allies" of the US) would be considered in deciding whether to make further loans to a sovereign, a-la Ukraine.
At the time, this new policy was used to make a further IMF loan to Ukraine since their debt of $3billion was repayable to Russia, who are not an ally of the US.
Confused? Is the IMF making it up as they go along?
Has the IMF simply created a vague new policy which allows them to pick 'n choose who to make loans to for geopolitical reasons?
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Finally a No Fly Zone over Syria... although from an unexpected quarters!
Can S-400 read the sticker on the wings and fuselage, incoming?
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Hilarious. Putin is not the aggressor, has never threatened anyone. Will remain above the petty NATO bullying.
The sky is bright red.
The moon is made of Cheese.
The Bosprosus will not be closed to Russian military vessels.
Turkey is not in North Iraq to keep Russia from sending military supplies via Iran.
Putin didn't bite off more than he can chew.
You have the ears of an illiterate Ukrainian stick out!
Another emerging puppet that eclipse poor Ukraine (no more news) Just egging Turkey on to be discarded as another used tissue (i.e. the people and not the Erdogan Club). Still believe in NATO or Eurozone (the economic part) where the Bear is sniping at the fringes and the Eagle not making it easy for the ultimate spoils of EC to be shared. It is the same in the South China Sea where the other major player there is China. Use whatever weapons you have even religions to create divides that is paradoxically stability for the hegemonies of oil, dollar, natural resources and markets. The game is not about the global preys; many deserving of their fates in sustaining their own Predators a.k.a. as Puppets for Sale.