What will the murder of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey mean to our relationships in the area?

2016-12-19T13:20:15-05:00

WWI started in an eerily/similar fashion to this...what will the impact be of the murder of the Russian Ambassador? How will this impact our POTUS? How does this impact the POTUS transition?

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/12/19/russian-ambassador-to-turkey-shot-in-ankara.html

Russian ambassador to Turkey shot in Ankara

A news photographer captured the moment a well-dressed attacker opened fire inside an Ankara art exhibit Monday, shooting and killing Russia's ambassador to Turkey and wounding at least three other people in an apparent Islamic terror attack.

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made Dec 19 at 2016 1:31 PM

2016-12-19T13:31:49-05:00

At this stage its hard to say what, if any, direct impact this will have on us. But who know what direction this will take.

Response by SFC George Smith made Dec 19 at 2016 1:32 PM

2016-12-19T13:32:10-05:00

I Feel this was an attempt to destabilize the area/region this Looks Like something out of the CIA... KGB/GRU Play book of the 50 & 60's...
With Syria being heavily influenced by Russia and the Turks are not being too well received in the Elimination of ISIS this looks like a move to force someones Hand in to doing something rash...

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Dec 19 at 2016 2:26 PM

2016-12-19T14:26:18-05:00

Increased security for our diplomats will no doubt have already been initiated CSM Michael J. Uhlig. I don't expect the assassination of the Russian ambassador will directly affect our POTUS transition. Our current POTUS will no doubt send condolences to Russia.
If the alliance that existed in WWI existed today, this would potentially initiate WWIII

Response by SGT Rick Ash made Dec 19 at 2016 3:06 PM

2016-12-19T15:06:29-05:00

It would be a stretch for Russia to try and implicate the US in this killing. It was a Turkish citizen plus he yelled "Allah Akbar" as he shot. Sounds like a lone wolf ISIS person to me. No doubt, the cold war isn't cold anymore but this should not add fuel to the fire.
No impact to POTUS or our President Elect.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Dec 19 at 2016 6:25 PM

2016-12-19T18:25:50-05:00

The world didn't give a crap when our ambassador was murdered. I doubt they'll give much more about the Russian.

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Dec 19 at 2016 7:42 PM

2016-12-19T19:42:09-05:00

CSM Michael J. Uhlig Let's hope that Russia doesn't want to get bombed back into the stone age over something like this when there are terroist attacks going on throughout the world in many different countries. Putin is a little smarter that that - I don't think he would start aggressive actions against a NATO Country (even if they are screwed up)! Just my 2 cents.

Response by 1SG Al Brown made Dec 19 at 2016 9:21 PM

2016-12-19T21:21:35-05:00

We're not a player in the incident. The Russians have already accepted that the Turks were not responsible. However, this dog won't lie. Someone won't make it through the night.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Dec 20 at 2016 3:50 AM

2016-12-20T03:50:41-05:00

Just one more bump in the road. Russia has been fighting terrorists for quite some time now, and they are giving more grief than they are getting.

Response by SFC Pete Kain made Dec 20 at 2016 7:57 AM

2016-12-20T07:57:39-05:00

If Obama can keep his mouth shut and not get macho with the Russians.......I suspect there are terrorists that are fixing to have a really bad day. Something we should do too.

Response by Cameron Daly made Dec 20 at 2016 10:30 AM

2016-12-20T10:30:50-05:00

Depend's on what Russia's investigation concludes..

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 21 at 2016 1:16 PM

2016-12-21T13:16:02-05:00

Russia already came out stating that this was an act of terrorism, not Turkey's responsibility.....