• zephyreksM
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    1 year ago

    I too enjoy shooting down my ally’s aircraft as an indication of how much I respect them.

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      A U.S. F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone that was operating near American troops in Syria Thursday after several warnings, according to U.S. officials.

      The shootdown came after repeated communications to stay away from U.S. ground troops near al Hasakah, in northeastern Syria.

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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t NATO have aligned goals in Syria?

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          It’s complicated. On the one hand, everyone - US, EU, the Kurds, Turkiye, Syria and Russia - is united against ISIL. But among them, the US and EU support the Kurds while Turkiye hates them (historical reasons). Even more worryingly for Turkiye, Syria and Russia seem okay with the Kurds. So Turkiye has attacked Kurdish strongholds, raising tensions with everyone else.

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        Don’t reports today say it was a hand grenade?

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          I haven’t heard that report, but I’d guess it’s the Russians that are reporting that. Now why would they have an incentive to say that? ;)

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            1 year ago

            It’s basically admitting it was an assassination lol, just not one involving a missile strike.