Khepesh wrote:It is only a problem with merchant ships, but it is outrageous that Turkey should be making these difficulties that would not be tolerated by America. It could be seen as a deliberate humiliation to interfere with Russian ships like this, and needs to be stopped at once. America has done whatever it likes since 1991, kill countless civilians, destroy some countries and cause chaos in others, all while Russia has sat on the sidelines and occasionaly squeaked in protest like a weak and feeble mouse. Enough, if Turkey shoots down VKS and fucks with Russian shipping then the fist comes down and these bastards should be made to shit their pants, and if America complains then fuck them.JohninMK wrote:
Sputnik might not be totally correct, Russian military spokesman said today no navy ship problem whilst local media says there is a problem. It could be a merchant ship only issue but there is more in the posts now moved to the other thread.
In many ways russia has brought this upon itself. In ukraine russia did respond, but not officially, when ukrainian air force violated russian airspace, ukrainian tanks crossed the border and pointed their weapons at russian border guards, when ukrainian artillery was shelling russia and killing russian civilians what did it do?
Diddly squat officially, well, discounting angry letters from lavrov.
Add to that, right at the beginning of the counter revolution in eastern ukraine when nato was basically dictating to russia how far away from the border its troops should be in ITS own territory, and countless other times where russia has continued to be the 'good guy' selling the europeans and ukrops oil, gas and coal, giving them discounts etc. Continually dealing with its enemies as if they are friends and being 'forced to negotiate' the minsk deals by merkel and co.
We know russia did respond and ruthlessly, that there is reasoning behind their diplomacy and that minsk was initiated by russia, not the west, but thats not how it was played out in the minds of the west and friends. By not acting officially when russian civilians started getting killed by the ukies, it makes itself look weak and like it doesnt care about the lives of its own people. If russia had immediately carried out airstrikes and smashed the ukies up do you really think turkey would have the balls to pull that stunt it did last week?
There is a reason you wont see turkey try shooting down israeli planes, and thats because they know they will get fooked up if they try it. With russia, theres a level of doubt that opens the door for some idiot to try something.
Again, i dont say that russias response in ukraine was the incorrect one, overall it was right, but there was certain red lines that they allowed the enemy to cross and by responding covertly it makes them look weak in some eyes, as 'officially' they did nothing. Russia doesnt need to act like the usa, but there are certain things you can learn from them, ie, you mess with our people and we will mess you up. Knowing that will happen is a pretty good deterrent, rather than the current doubt.