SYRIA thread

[Gilrandir]

“when it was threatened by aggression” Russia is not "aggressing" Turkey, that the flaw of your argument. It was not a Turkish plane that was sot-down by a Russian plane. It is not Russian troops that might cross Syrian border against the will of the recognised government.

“refuse transit from merchant ships belonging to countries at war with Turkey.” So, Turkey would have to declare war on Russia to do so legally. At the moment when Russia and USA signed a cease fire on Syria… Tsk tsk tsk, I don’t think USA will allow that…
Especially, if I have to believe the news (cease-fire Feb-27), Russia and USA Air Force will now work together and finally share maps…

There is no flaw in my arguments, because we were discussing might-have-beens. This is what you had said:

If some incidents arrived between Russian and Turkey, the Russian can move troops along the borders (sea).

My above mentioned speculations bore on what might happen next. Moving Russian troops along the border or the coast might as well be considered by Turkey as an aggression and it is entitled to react the way I assumed it could.

The lands Turkey want to invade were never part of Modern Turkey (unlike Sevastopol was part of Russia before Communist dictator Khrushchev gave it to his wife, oops, sorry Ukraine).

And that gives Russia a right to annex it? Then we might remember that the Crimea was once almost a part (as a vassal) of the Ottoman empire. Whose claim on it is more justified then?

“blocking the way of entrance with the ships” No offence but the Ukrainian army/navy was not match for Russia. Russia is more than a match for Turkey, especially with Turkey behaviour. So, what if the Russian boats bloke the Turkish boats blocking their boats? That will look like Istanbul roads, traffic jam…

You exaggerate the power of Russian Black Sea navy (which consists of out-of-date Soviet ships) and belittle the power of the Turkish navy whose principal base is right nigh in the Sea of Marmara. Turks will fight (if it comes to blows) on their own ground with their supplies and reinforcements at hand. Russia will have to drag whatever they can across all the expanse of the Black Sea.