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2015-11-29 The Grand Turk
Erdogan Saddened by Downing of Russian Jet
Not as sad as he's gonna be...
[ALMANAR.LB] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
on Saturday expressed "sadness" over The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's downing of a Russian warplane that has severely strained relations, saying he wished the incident had never happened.

In his most conciliatory comments yet after Tuesday's incident, Erdogan said: "I'm really saddened by the incident. We wish it had never happened, but it happened. I hope something like this doesn't happen again.

"We hope that the issue between us and Russia does not escalate any further, become corrosive and have dire consequences in the future," Erdogan told supporters in western Balikesir province.

Erdogan also renewed a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
for a face-to-face meeting in Gay Paree on the sidelines of the Global Climate Summit on Monday, saying it would be an opportunity to restore relations.

"What we tell Russia is 'Let's resolve this issue between ourselves and within its boundaries. Let's not make others happy by destroying our whole relationship," Erdogan said.

"Russia is important for Turkey as much as Turkey is important for Russia. Both countries cannot afford to give up on each other."

Putin, who has branded the incident a "stab in the back", is yet to agree to talks.

The plane incident, one of the most serious festivities between a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member and Russia, has drawn a harsh response from Moscow.

Russia announced it was halting a visa-free regime for Turkish visitors, after threatening a raft of retaliatory economic measures to punish the NATO member state.
Posted by Fred 2015-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ]  Top

#1 Debka S-400 turns most of Syria into No Fly Zone
Posted by 3dc 2015-11-29 01:40||   2015-11-29 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Erdogan just assassinated a Kurdish human rights activist and lawyer who was head of the bar association at a press conference

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_29177285/rights-activist-killed-turkey
Posted by Anon1 2015-11-29 03:43||   2015-11-29 03:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Erdogan buys oil from ISIS

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-says-syria-is-buying-oil-from-islamic-state-1448471418

Erdogan orders his troops not to fight ISIS and they literally turn their backs as ISIS territory

http://www.smh.com.au/world/syrians-crushed-to-death-between-turkish-and-russian-armed-camps-20151127-gl9lx7.html
Posted by Anon1 2015-11-29 03:47||   2015-11-29 03:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Recep's mind still haven't absorbed Putin =/= Obama?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-29 04:42||   2015-11-29 04:42|| Front Page Top

#5 grom you are right... i think recep erogan and his kleptocrat family are not going to be in power for much longer
Posted by anon1 2015-11-29 10:03||   2015-11-29 10:03|| Front Page Top

#6 What I meant is: consider the aftermath if it was an USA plane---wouldn't an appology suffice?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-11-29 13:32||   2015-11-29 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 No, Grom, if it had been a US plane shot down, there would have to be reparations.
The US would have to pay for the missile that the Turks used.
Posted by ed in texas 2015-11-29 17:33||   2015-11-29 17:33|| Front Page Top

#8 OOOOOOOOOOO, nice hats!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-11-29 19:35||   2015-11-29 19:35|| Front Page Top

#9 
Posted by 3dc 2015-11-29 20:47||   2015-11-29 20:47|| Front Page Top

#10 obumbles would have done f*ck all if it was a US jet.

So i am glad it was russian for that reason - Putin will make that f*cker Islamist traitor suffer and die

i hope
Posted by anon1 2015-11-29 21:48||   2015-11-29 21:48|| Front Page Top

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