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1 of December, 15:19

NATO was accused of double stereotypes The situation with Russian frontline su-24 bomber, attacked a Turkish F-16 fighter, has shown that NATO, which is Turkey, adheres to the dual stereotypes.

Even the Western media, usually oblivious to the missteps of a military unit, were forced to admit that the position of the North Atlantic Alliance is changing before our eyes.

As demonstrated by the data of objective research tool Russian su-24 was shot down by Turkish F-16 over the territory of Syria. Ankara distributes a different version of events: that bomber 17 seconds still flew into the airspace of Turkey. But even in this scenario, professionals are convinced that the attack was not justified.

And yet, some Western politicians, international patterns, though, and stressed his own innocence to the incident, condemning the attack is not hurried. This once again showed the balance, based on double stereotypes. Similar contradictions are becoming obvious even to the Western media, who traditionally prefer not to mention the errors and blunders of their own politicians.

So, leading CNN's Hala Gorani reported that not than other, as the double stereotypes, it is impossible to explain, after the attack on the su-24 took NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, RIA Novosti reported. Namely, a military official said that Turkey has a right to defend its airspace. But, when Gorani reminded him of the Turkish aircraft violations of the airspace of Greece, it said it was 2 "very different situation".

Stoltenberg added that on the border with Syria and Iraq, Turkey is in the midst of a "complicated and volatile" situation that creates power for certain special conditions. "Are you saying that Turkey should be allowed to violate the borders, for example, in Greece the result of the presence in problematic areas and in a difficult situation?" - asked the journalist. Jens Stoltenberg assured her that it is important to observe the air borders of any nation, but then again reminded about the "special" position in the history with Turkey.

Recall, 24 November, the Turkish F-16 fighter was shot down in the border areas of Syria bomber VKS RF. As we were informed Days.Roo, the plane was located at a height of 6 thousand meters in one kilometer from the border with Turkey. The head of the country Vladimir Putin declared that the accident will have solid results for the relationship 2 States. He called the incident a blow to the back.
sections: Politics, World News, Accidents, Accidents

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