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> we need to get rid of US military bases across Europe. What would stop the CIA from sending over the Gulfstream jet and paramilitary team using civilian airp
by jbapple 11y ago
> we need to get rid of US military bases across Europe.
What would stop the CIA from sending over the Gulfstream jet and paramilitary team using civilian airports?
- ryanlol 11y agoHopefully fighter jets.
- angelbob 11y agoSending in a paramilitary team against the will of the receiving country is often considered an act of war. We could do something that would be considered an act of war in order to kidnap somebody explicitly protected by the target country. But these things have been known to go poorly.
- jbapple 11y ago> We could do something that would be considered an act of war in order to kidnap somebody explicitly protected by the target country. But these things have been known to go poorly. I don't disagree with that. However, the US sometimes takes military actions that cause frustration and anger from other nations that we are not explicitly at war with. Some that come to mind are the OBL raid, Iran Air 655, attacking that Doctors Without Borders hospital, and destroying that Sudanese pharmaceutical factory. Is Snowden "explicitly protected" by countries other than Russia right now?
- pdkl95 11y ago> would be considered an act of war So it doesn't count when FVEY attacks[1] another country's communication infrastructure - possibly just to have relay boxen so that infrastructure can be commandeered whenever it is useful? [1] (one example) https://theintercept.com/2014/09/14/nsa-stellar/ https://theintercept.com/2014/09/14/nsa-stellar/