Turkey second biggest supplier of gas is Iran which is Russia’s ally in this mess. Qatar cannot replace all that supply.

US did take “the other half” of the world, including Japan, just that their style of occupation was different than the Soviets, and arguably more benign. Last I heard there are still massive US bases in Japan and Germany and those countries hardly have an fully independent foreign policy.

IR missiles don´t have radar lock, and from behind at close range, from a crew not expecting confrontation from Turkey, its not surprising they did not see it.

And what do you call the billionaire dickwads who run the USA?

Some of you guys desire to poo poo the Russians is clouding your judgement. What was shown were briefing/conference rooms of different sizes, so you are right they are not proper “working” environments.

Funny how so many of you gung ho gringos are now snack bar lovers and apologists. Repetitive, compulsive “Allahu Akbar” yelling like a mantra is a sure sign of a jihadist scum... period.

“The Russians are bad dudes. The Chinese are also bad dudes.” And we are the good dudes! U S A ! U S A!

So the FSA - aka the unicorn army- magically comes back to life! Repeat after me: There are NO moderate rebels in Syria just a bunch of jihadi scum under different names. Russia is bombing all of them? Good! Even more satisfying to see the likes of McCain having a buthurt sissyfit over his beloved jihadi cannibals…