The Pentagon and its logic: Turkey is in the American coalition, but when the Russian plane was shot down, it was not considered in the American coalition ...
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The decision of the Turkish authorities to shoot down the Russian Su-24 bomber was commented on at the Pentagon. It should be recalled that some time ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian aircraft involved in the counter-terrorist operation in Syria, although earlier the Russian side agreed with the Americans to coordinate actions in order to prevent any incidents in the air (and Turkey is a NATO member and a US ally).
The Pentagon's response is more like trying to justify itself. According to the official representative of the American military department, Turkey in this situation did not act within the framework of the American coalition. But the representative of the US military department was immediately asked: when did Turkey manage to withdraw from the American coalition against terrorism, after all, earlier Erdogan himself stated that the Turkish Armed Forces are part of the coalition structures together with the United States.
RIA News cites the text of the statement of the Pentagon spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Michel Baldance. She stated the following:
Turkey is part of the coalition. However, we believe that all countries have the right to control and protect their airspace. These actions were taken by Turkey in this direction and, therefore, are not actions within the framework of the coalition.
While declaring that Turkey had the right to defend its airspace, the Pentagon does not confirm the statement of the representative of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces that the Su-24 of the Russian Aerospace Forces was in Turkish airspace.
From a statement by Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren:
The incident happened at the border, that's all I can tell you. We are still trying to collect and analyze all the data.
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