or is he just talking. he may just be talking but i view this as good news. the turkish/russian has been going on for centuries. we have to view what happened with the downing of the jet as just a brief moment in time. putin is known to want to show his might and strength by doing somewhat stupid things at various times like stop travel, stop trade. let him do that is my theory. let him blow off the steam and take the long view. he ll isolate turkey. let him do that for a short while and then we move forward. because we have to keep our eyes to be prize which is clearly syria. is that all mr. putin plans to do, do you think? because the russian people are quite angry that that russian