While Russia is busy throwing bombs on ISIL targets, trying to stop the Syrian Civil War, NATO, struggling to make an impression that it's still influential in the region, decided to posture up against Russia, accusing Moscow of violating Turkey's airspace and making Istanbul "uncomfortable."
But NATO chose to ignore Russia's explanations, immediately accusing Russia of "aggression". Now the military alliance is using the incident as an excuse to fuel their favorite anti-Russian rhetoric.
NATO generals decided to immediately "protect" Turkey from Russians, but for some reason did it in the Baltic States instead, by sending 100 new British soldiers to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It's a bit unclear how British soldiers in the Baltic States will "protect" Turkey from Russian airplanes in Syria. Only NATO knows how, we suppose.
NATO is great at finding a threat where there isn't one. Syria is far from Eastern Europe, but the military alliance managed to find an excuse to put its nose in where it's neither wanted nor necessary.
During their meeting on Thursday, NATO defense ministers couldn't come up with a coherent, viable strategy of how to solve the Syrian crisis or defeat ISIL, all they could do was to play the blame game and talk tough, criticizing the al-Assad government and Russian airstrikes.
