Daggers.

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Threats and counter-threats. Dire warnings. With a NATO dimension. Not good! Naked blade to naked blade.

Russia and Turkey at loggerheads over Syria and the situation in Idlib. Syrian and Turkish military forces engaging with many Turkish soldiers having been killed. Reprisal is not only warranted from the standpoint of the Turk but is now a MUST!

"loggerheads - - plural noun: quarreling, opposed, feuding, at odds, estranged, in dispute, at each other's throats, at daggers drawn, at enmity".

From Freeper once more. And thanks to same.

1. "Russia to Turkey: We cannot guarantee safety of your planes over Syria - TASS".

"MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Moscow could not guarantee the safety of Turkish planes flying in Syria after Damascus said it was closing the air space over the Idlib region, the TASS news agency reported. The ministry issued the warning after Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes over Idlib on Sunday and struck a military airport well beyond its frontlines in a sharp increase of its military operations following the death of dozens of Turkish soldiers last week"

2. "Turkey Announces its Intention to Go to War with Russia".

"Mesut Hakki Casin, a prominent member of Turkey’s Security and Foreign Policy Board, who advises Erdogan, said: 'We have fought Russia 16 times in the past, and we will fight it again.' Casin made his statements following the death of 33 Turkish soldiers who were killed in an airstrike by Russian-backed Syrian forces in Idlib . . . followng a request from Ankara, NATO convened an urgent meeting..."

THE TURK WILL INSIST THIS IS AN ARTICLE FIVE MATTER FOR THE CONSTITUENT MEMBERS OF NATO TO CONSIDER. NATO MUST COME TO THE AID AND ASSISTANCE OF THE TURK AND IS HONOR AND TREATY BOUND TO DO SO. DAGGERS DRAWN. WORLD WAR THREE!!

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