So It Appears that Turkey Is Lying

17 Seconds That Changed The World – Leaked Letter Exposes Turkey’s Hair-Trigger Reality

Needless to say, Moscow and Ankara are at odds over precisely what happened on Tuesday when a Russian Su-24 was shot down near the Syrian border.

The two pilots ejected and attempted to parachute to safety but Turkmen FSA-allied Alwiya al-Ashar militiamen shot at them as they fell before posting a video purporting to show rebel soldiers celebrating over one of the bodies. It only got worse from there when the FSA’s 1st Coastal Brigade used a US-made TOW to destroy a Russian search and rescue helicopter.

Clearly, this was a marked escalation and indeed it was the first time a NATO member had engaged a Russian or Soviet warplane in more than 60 years.

The Kremlin was not happy as Vladimir Putin – who was meeting with King Abdullah in Jordan – proceeded to brand Erdogan a “backstabber” and an ISIS supporter. Sergei Lavrov subsequently canceled a planned trip to Turkey.

At issue now, is whether the Russian fighter jet did indeed, as Turkey claims, venture into Turkish airspace or whether the Turks actually engaged Moscow’s warplane in the skies over Syria.

Here’s Russia’s version of the story, presented via a video released by the Defense Ministry:

More…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

So what is new? Islam teaches Taqiyya (the art of lying). The rulers of Turkey and the United States both are skilled in their Muslim ways.

David DeGerolamo