Bush on Downed Jet: Turkey ‘Has a Right to Self-Defense’

CAMEROTA: "As you know, yesterday, Turkey shot down a Russian warplane. Turkey says that Russia invaded their airspace. Russia says that they did not. Who do you believe?"
BUSH: "I believe Turkey, but it will be verified by all sorts of ways through technology. Turkey is a NATO ally. They are -- they are an integral part, if we are to be successful in the fight against ISIS and to -- to change regimes, to take out Assad, which should be our objective,it used to be our objective. If we are serious about that that Turkey needs to be an ally, and we need to show support, I think President Obama was correct to say that every country has a right to self-defense. Why were the sorties, Russian sorties in that area? They weren't there to attack the remnants of the Syrian free army or -- excuse know, fight ISIS, ISIS is not in that territory. Most of their sorties are against the very people that we are trying to arm and to support for a solution to this. So, Russia's not our ally in this regard. We have to deal with them from a position of strength, not weakness."