It may not be as bad as you think if NATO won't back Turkey. I don't see how France would convince its population to side with Turkey. Russia is not going to invade Turkey and a fight inside Syria will not invoke NATO article 5 no matter what Russia and Turkey do. You are right about Erdogan. But that makes is easier for NATO to not back him.
I'd settle for wisely since morality and justice are absent in politics. No nation has either morality or justice on their agenda but I would hope most have self interest and sanity somewhere on the list. Sadly Erdogan does not but I think the rest do. At least the rest of them seem to be more prudent and rational than Erdogan.
Well said Steerpike. That and economic retaliation but no direct attack. And in the future Russia will keep clear of Turkey proper. But then that was never the reason for the attack. Russians may also arm the Kurds and take out any Turkish planes entering deep into Syria where there is no question of whose territory it is.
It may not be as bad as you think if NATO won't back Turkey. I don't see how France would convince its population to side with Turkey. Russia is not going to invade Turkey and a fight inside Syria will not invoke NATO article 5 no matter what Russia and Turkey do. You are right about Erdogan. But that makes is easier for NATO to not back him.
I'd settle for wisely since morality and justice are absent in politics. No nation has either morality or justice on their agenda but I would hope most have self interest and sanity somewhere on the list. Sadly Erdogan does not but I think the rest do. At least the rest of them seem to be more prudent and rational than Erdogan.
Well said Steerpike. That and economic retaliation but no direct attack. And in the future Russia will keep clear of Turkey proper. But then that was never the reason for the attack. Russians may also arm the Kurds and take out any Turkish planes entering deep into Syria where there is no question of whose territory it is.