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The New York Times is reporting:
Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.
"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.
"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."
[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @09:54PM
They have "can-do" notions that don't work in the Middle East.
This is where a lawyer like Nixon or Obama is who we want running our foreign policy. Lawyers can be nuisances, but they're trained in studying all the nuances of a situation involving various interested parties and principles, and preparing a detailed plan to navigate those circumstances and communicating them in a persuasive manner.
The Russians seem impressively strong in Syria, but they also seemed strong in Afghanistan in the early '80s. The resistance is in it for the long hall. The Russians are going to lose, full stop. We shouldn't be in a hurry to align ourselves with what they are doing over there.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Sulla on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:45AM
Of the two lawyers you mentioned one got us involved deeper in an endless war that he promised to end, cost us countless freedoms and took pride in trampling all over the constitution. The other was Richard M. Nixon.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:53AM
Yay, Conservatives! Boo Liberals!
Oh I meant Yay, Liberals! Boo Conservatives!
Ok, this is the kind of non-thinking that does not solve any problems.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday December 20 2016, @03:15PM
If you'd bothered to read the post, it was about lawyers, not partisanship.
Unless you can show us some other lawyers that got us embroiled in major wars. Wasn't Lincoln a lawyer? Oops, another Republican! (although not really the same Republican party)
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1) by toddestan on Saturday December 24 2016, @01:03AM
I'd rather have someone from the military running our foreign policy, since they know more than anyone else the cost of bad foreign policy (sometimes put in place by lawyers like Nixon or Obama) and aren't going to put US soldiers in harms way unless absolutely necessary.