War

Calling the forcing down of a Syrian jet by Turkish warplanes an act of air piracy, Russian official claims the plane carried legal radar parts. He further claimed Russia legally ships weapons to Syrian by sea, so they have no need to smuggle parts in by plane.

Syria bans Turkish civilian flights over its territory. This thing is escalating quickly. If Turkey invades and pulls all of NATO, this is going to suck real bad.

Pat Buchanan warns against getting involved in Syria.

The US is considering getting involved in yet another war, this time in the southern Sahara over, literally, Timbuktu. You can't make this stuff up.