Just pave ever them, I'm sure that would work.

Well, in its own way, I think wherever they tried to kill died...

To be fair, that’s pretty similar to How Bush expanded the term”combatant” to make sure that pretty much anyone that got killed could be labeled as an enemy.

As harsh as it sounds, Russia knows nobody really cares if those people live or die. If all 2 million (or however many there are in that city) were to die tomorrow, it would fill the news for about a day and then we go back to Trump arguing with Megan Kelly. If the refugee crisis is anything to gauge it from, it is…

Well, I think this is where people criticized how we Americans have vey poor short term memory.

At the time of the shoot down, Russia did not have many aircraft in theater that were capable of serious aerial combat and the Moskva was the only ship with SAMs but was not in range at that time. It would have been harder for Russia to justify to any degree if they would have launched a counteroffensive two or three…

There was no non-response from Russia, they put sanctions on Turkey, beefed up both the defensive and offensive weapons in theater, and harshly condemned the actions.

One of my favorites when it comes to the I humane treatment of animals:

Meh, if Turkish forces are destroyed shelling Syria then Article 5 won’t apply. And I don’t care about Saudi Arabia either. For that matter, seeing that we have a good relationship with the Kurds, I doubt that we would feel inclined to help those two either.

Yah, we can watch what they do, but Turkey and Saudi Arabia don't have access to that information unless we give it to them, which I don't think we would do considering that we also support the Kurds

It's ok, I understand where you are coming from. its a complex region, and I personally am still lacking in understanding the different types of factions at play (Sunnis, etc). You can devote your entire life to studying that area and still have huge gaps

Not the Kremlin, but the military. It’s not classified, just harder information to access (in the English language at least). Typically stuff like movements of ships and aircraft. My concern here is that since I haven’t heard from anyone, they may be blocking Internet access for those in the Russian military, which…

And Irans neighbors aren't aggressors, right?

I am a terrible person.

Agreed. And not to mention at a glance, it's harder to tell if a tracked vehicle is moving.

I can’t remember which Eurpoeans country it was, but some Russian planes flew in and they couldn’t intercept them BECAUSE THEIR MILITARY DOESNT WORK WEEKENDS! I think some of these countries just aren’t taking this seriously at all. When your Navy can be overwhelmed by a Russian tugboat, you are doing something very…

Am I the only one that has noticed an almost complete silence from the Kremlin right now? It is actually starting to alarm me. It's just past 7:00am in Moscow right now, and none of my sources have anything.

I can imagine there are few thing Russia would love more than to blow of a good portion of Saudi Oil production.

We are smart enough to know to keep our airplanes away from the Russians if the shooting starts. We don’t want an American F-15 being mistaken for a Saudi F-15.