Turkey Closes Airspace To Russian Syria Flights

[togor]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/23/turkey-closes-airspace-to-russian-planes-flying-to-syria-fm

A quick check of the map shows to bypass Syria one has to fly through Iran and Iraq. The US still operates out of Iraqi air bases.

[RED]

Only MILITARY flights are banned. The question is if a Russian airliner is loaded with SAMs will it be downed?

Doubtful. And Turkey depends a lot on Russian gas and Russia is building Turkey s only nuclear powerplant.

I read Aljazeera but would never quote them as my source of information. It is almost as bad as CNN or MSNBC in bias.

[dryheat]

No, no, no. You don't build a nuclear power plant in Turkey. They aren't any smarter than...well, let me think. Oh, I'd guess Eskimoes.
Holy Cannoli, let's let nitwits have nukes.

[togor]

Read it again.

Military AND Civilian flights.