Some have suggested Vladmir Putin's first retaliation for the Turkish shooting down of a Russian fighter jet would be to cut off gas supplies (which represent 57% of Turkey's supply). With Russia Defense Minister stating that the "downing of the Russian warplane is a 'hostile act'," adding that the defense ministry is "devising a set of measures to respond to the incident," it seems taking the 'nuclear option' of cutting off 20% of Erdogan's entire energy supply would be a strong first non-lethal non-World-War-3-starting step.
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-24/russia-declares-warplane-downing-hostile-act-will-it-cut-turkish-gas-supplies
Those of us who do NOT want World War III to break out should carefully evaluate Turkey's role in what is happening:
1. They continue to demand the fall of Assad;
2. They appear to be killing more Kurds than terrorists;
3. They allowed a huge wave of migrants to enter Europe by letting them cross Turkey; and
4. Now they appear to be provoking Russian retaliation to allow wider NATO intervention into the conflict.
I never did like Erdogan, and I don't think I ever will.
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