23-06-2012, 02:52 PM
Magda Hassan Wrote:This might be a game changer. It could be an excuse for the rest of NATO to attack Syria since one of their member states was attacked. However the Turkish plane was within Syrian air space which is itself an act of aggression.
If it's a casus belli for anyone, it's a casus belli for Syria.
Most accounts suggest the Turkish jet was flying low and fast in Syrian territory. It is likely the flight was designed to test, on behalf of NATO/US/Saudis, the effectiveness of Syrian air defences.
Well, the answer is that Syrian air defences work highly effectively.
If Russia and China were not lining up beside Syria, Turkey might consider declaring war. However, I suspect nothing so brazen will happen yet, given the fault is primarily on the Turkish side.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war