Or you could practice being better at soccer so people dont embarrass you so much.

While it was a questionable decision, Russia did provoke them a lot, especially when you consider the changed RoE after 2012 F-4 shootown, all the Syrian aircraft shot down, and all the Turkish warnings to the Russian aircraft not to violate their airspace. Still, it doesn’t diminish all the shit that Turks are doing…

Russia did not join France in anything since Russia isn’t actually fighting ISIS. Ditto for working with the U.S.; they’re both nonsense for domestic consumption.

“Last I checked sending hostile warplanes into another country’s sovereign airspace isn’t exactly kosher.”

You’re joking, right? Russia is still playing the part of the petulant, unreasonable child... Last I checked sending hostile warplanes into another country’s sovereign airspace isn’t exactly kosher.