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Swell...
Erdoğan is a dictator, and he is definitely biting on something that is too big to chew here. I rather like this satirical version of him as an explanation of what happened...
ANKARA, TURKEY (The Nil Admirari) - Today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced he was "blackout drunk" when he ordered a Russian Su-24 shot down on Tuesday. Erdoğan claimed to be completely sober again, and declared there was no reason for Russia to station naval vessels with anti-aircraft missiles closer to Turkey, or construct anti-aircraft batteries in Syria capable of shooting down aircraft in Turkish airspace.
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"Publicly, NATO and the United States are defending my actions, but privately they have been extremely critical. When they found out I was blackout drunk when I ordered that Russian aircraft shot down they got much more angry," explained Erdoğan.