A ridiculously extreme over-reaction from the Turks
BEagle, I'm sure I don't need to remind you that Turkey and Syria have a bit of history, not least the Syrian shoot down, with Russian coordination apparently, on 22 June 2012 of the Turkish F-4. There is some speculation that the crew survived the shoot down, were later executed, and disposed of at sea where they were later found by Turkish forces on the sea bed. The speculation also is the execution order came from "Russian leadership". If true, perhaps the latest is understandable, tit for tat and all that. Then again, stupid is as stupid does.