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> You don't want to fly over Russian airspace and have your plane forced to land by Russian MIGs. Can't they just ask like the US Government does? I.E.: https
by tormock 5y ago
> You don't want to fly over Russian airspace and have your plane forced to land by Russian MIGs.
Can't they just ask like the US Government does?
I.E.: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/03/edsn-j03.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/03/edsn-j03.html
- danuker 5y agoI am appalled. Not very surprised, but still appalled.
- tormock 5y agoIt's one of the 3 things that Obama did (or didn't do) that disappointed me the most.
- Gustomaximus 5y agoI assume one of the others was ordering a drone strike on a US citizen with none of the usual due process in finding someone guilty. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-justification-drone-killing-american-citizen-awlaki https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-justificati... This is still shocking to me. And no matter how dangerous this guy was, opening the door on killing your own citizens seems far more dangerous.
- trasz 5y agoHow is that different from killing somebody’s else’s citizens?
- objectivetruth 5y ago
- Gustomaximus 5y agoFrom a personal and ethical position, not much. From a legal and societal position, huge.