Turkey Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jet

The FT reports that the Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian plane on Tuesday, according to a Turkish military official who said the aircraft violated Turkish airspace, “despite repeated warnings”.

Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday confirmed that one of its jets had been shot down, but insisted it had not strayed into Turkish airspace.

“Today on the territory of Syria, presumably as a result of fire from the ground, a Russian Su-24 plane crashed in the Syrian Arabic Republic,” the defence ministry said in a statement quoted by Russian news wires. “The plane was at an altitude of 6,000 metres. The fate of the pilots is being confirmed. According to preliminary data, the pilots managed to eject.”

It added that the plane was “exclusively over Syrian territory throughout its entire flight”. “This is recorded by objective controls.”

Allegedly Turkey is fighting ISIS as well. However, the reality is that it is using its involvement in the Syrian conflict to further its military actions against the PKK with the tacit support of the USA.

As to its true intentions towards ISIS, the mainstream media may care to investigate and report on those senior Turkish officials who allegedly have links with ISIS and Turkey's involvement with the purchase of crude oil supplied by ISIS.

We are not all in this together by any manner or means!

HRH Completely Misses The Point on Syria

As per Reuters:

"Asked in the interview, which Sky said was filmed three weeks ago, whether there was direct link between climate change, conflict and terrorism, Charles said: "Absolutely.""

HRH should listen to what US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has to say on the subject.

A Well Honed Message To IS From Andrew Neil

This is amazing @bbcthisweek - A message for the Paris attackers from @afneil as he opens the show https://t.co/5xI5tBQ5JA

— Jonathan Badyal (@JonathanBadyal) November 20, 2015

The Human Consequences of The Destabilisation of The Middle East

Blair Apologises For Iraq War

'I'm sorry' - Tony Blair takes blame for #Iraq War, admits conflict caused the rise of ISIS https://t.co/PzNpwDpjmo pic.twitter.com/63OQqXL8zb

— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) October 24, 2015

The Origins of The "Strategic Asset" AKA ISIS

Ever wondered where ISIS came from?

Wonder no more, courtesy of Zerohedge:

"Two weeks ago, courtesy of the investigative work of Nafeez Ahmed whose deep dig through a recently declassified and formertly Pentagon documents released earlier by Judicial Watch FOIA, we learned that Western governments deliberately allied with al-Qaeda and other Islamist extremist groups to topple Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad. In his words: "According to the newly declassified US document, the Pentagon foresaw the likely rise of the ‘Islamic State’ as a direct consequence of the strategy, but described this outcome as a strategic opportunity to “isolate the Syrian regime.”

Now, in a follow up piece to his stunning original investigative report titled "Secret Pentagon report reveals West saw ISIS as strategic asset Anti-ISIS coalition knowingly sponsored violent extremists to ‘isolate’ Assad, rollback ‘Shia expansion", Nafeez Ahmed reveals that according to leading American and British intelligence experts, the previously declassified Pentagon report confirms that the West accelerated support to extremist rebels in Syria, despite knowing full well the strategy would pave the way for the emergence of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS)."

Now we know!

What Was The Point of Regime Change?

Given that Iraq's city of Ramadi appears to have fallen to IS, can someone please explain why the enforced regime change of Iraq was such a good idea for the people of the region?

Apparently the response to the capture of Ramadi is the use of Iranian backed militias.

Mission accomplished!

ISIS Iraq Connection

It seems that, according to Zerohedge, almost all the top leaders in the Islamic State are former officers in the Iraqi army.

Enforced regime change has kicked in a hornet's nest of problems, that people seem unable to resolve.

US Troops To Be Deployed In Iraq Again

President Obama is to ask Congress permission to put troops back on the ground in Iraq in order to wage war on the Islamic State (a country/state that doesn't technically exist).

The Chilcot Delay - Irony

Ed Miliband voted against Iraq inquiry on 4 occasions as an MP, in October 2006, in June 2007, in March 2008 and again in March 2009

— Gareth Baines (@GABaines) January 23, 2015