International security

Should Americans Risk Their Lives For Turkey?

Last week, Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet, which triggered a furious response from the Kremlin. The Turkish military said it had issued ten warnings in five minutes prior to bringing down the Russian warplane. Experts are also wondering about Turkey’s reason for shooting down the Russian jet, especially considering the fact that Turkey violated Greek airspace over 1,400 times this year alone. A possible idea is that it could be Turkey’s revenge for Russian airstrikes on Turkmen rebels who share ethnic ties with Turkey, according to Zachary Yost of The Canal.

The incident with Turkey – a NATO member state – and the Russian jet has already been called the most dangerous military encounter between NATO and Russia’s armed forces in over 50 years. Whatever the reason, it has already triggered an uproar in geopolitics with many wondering if this is the beginning of a major military confrontation between Russia and NATO with the involvement of the U.S.