Russia accuses Turkey of preparing to invade Syria

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: AFP

Moscow (AFP) - Russia on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria, saying it had spotted troops and military equipment on the border with the war-torn country.

"We have serious grounds to suspect Turkey is in intensive preparations for an armed invasion of the territory of a sovereign state -- the Syrian Arab Republic," the defence ministry said in a statement.

Ties between Moscow, which supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Ankara, which is a staunch backer of the opposition, have been in tatters since Turkey shot down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border in November.

Moscow's claims came as Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking at an international aid conference for Syria in London, implicitly accused Russia of "war crimes" in the country.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-serious-grounds-suspect-turkey-preparing-invade-144435326.html

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Get ready to rumblllllle!

[uhnope]

2. & therefore Russia must in self-defense carpetbomb more Turkmen to prop up the dictator Assad

Kremlin logic

[atreides1]

3. That's what allies do!

I'm sure at some point in history the US has done the same thing....

[LanternWaste]

4. "They/we did it too" is a poor justification to rationalize the actions of Moscow.

"They/we did it too" is a poor justification to rationalize Moscow's reactions to Ankara.

[Xolodno]

5. Real question is....

...who is Edrogan going to hit?

Syrians or Kurds?

I'm guessing the latter.

[Little Tich]

6. Putin has lied about just anything since he came to power, so why should we believe him now? n/t