Paul Roderick Gregory: If Turkey and Russia continue fighting, it may threaten NATO’s existence
Turkish demonstrators hold a banner reading \"we are with the resistance against aggressors\" as they protest against Russia's policies towards Syria, outside the Russian embassy in Ankara, on November 24, 2015.
We all knew it would happen, whether off the coast of Alaska, over the Baltic Sea, or in the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been routinely challenging the NATO airspace for months, well before entering the Syrian conflict. Military experts warned that Russian aircraft flying in crowded airspace with transponders off is a recipe for disaster.