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Pot calling kettle black. The US has been sending armed drones into several countries without coordination with local ATC or consent of the local government. So

Pot calling kettle black. The US has been sending armed drones into several countries without coordination with local ATC or consent of the local government. Soleimani and a number of Iraqi military officers were taken out by a US drone.

JoeAltmaier 4y ago
And it works because almost no one else on earth can gang radar to missile systems. So they can't shoot ours down. And we can shoot theirs down.
- areyousure 4y ago
  In case anyone else was unfamiliar, the usage of "gang" here appears to be the following: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gang#Verb_2 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gang#Verb_2
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nonethewiser 4y ago
> Soleimani and a number of Iraqi military officers were taken out by a US drone. Good. Right?
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  Sure, but that was still a violation of sovreign airspace. It would be like having a foreign drone targeting George W.Bush. Both are war criminals, but I'm not sure it suddenly makes violating foreign countries ok.
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- gattilorenz 4y ago
  Wasn’t Soleimani Iranian? Are you at war with Iran? Did he receive a fair trial?
  - LarryMullins 4y ago
    It needs to be said; the list of Iranian terrorist attacks against America is very short. The list of Iranian terrorist attacks in America is even shorter. Most of the antagonism against Iran in America is motivated by Iran's relationship with other countries (Israel), not things they've done to America. I can't say that I feel any personal animosity towards Iran, I wish America would let Israelis handle Israeli affairs and stop getting into grudge matches with other countries on their behalf.
    - vorpalhex 4y ago
      > There were seven attacks in May, as many attacks that month as February, March and April combined, and there have been a total of 29 since October without a kinetic U.S. response. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/attacks-iran-backed-militias-us-target-are-us-hasnt-responded-force-20-rcna32892 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/attacks-i... We interdict Iranian missiles to terrorist groups about once a week. Iran's stated goal is to forcibly convert the world to their preferred brand of theocratic rule - the "women are very literally property" kind of theocratic rule.
- pvaldes 4y ago
  Not, in fact is bad, because what is good for the geese is good for the gander. This increases the risk of being killed by a drone for everybody, even if is as collateral damage. If international laws can be so easily violated for free, why do we need them? Do we really want a world without rules?

JoeAltmaier 4y ago

And it works because almost no one else on earth can gang radar to missile systems. So they can't shoot ours down. And we can shoot theirs down.

areyousure 4y ago
In case anyone else was unfamiliar, the usage of "gang" here appears to be the following: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gang#Verb_2 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gang#Verb_2
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nonethewiser 4y ago

> Soleimani and a number of Iraqi military officers were taken out by a US drone. Good. Right?

mardifoufs 4y ago
Sure, but that was still a violation of sovreign airspace. It would be like having a foreign drone targeting George W.Bush. Both are war criminals, but I'm not sure it suddenly makes violating foreign countries ok.
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gattilorenz 4y ago
Wasn’t Soleimani Iranian? Are you at war with Iran? Did he receive a fair trial?
- LarryMullins 4y ago
  It needs to be said; the list of Iranian terrorist attacks against America is very short. The list of Iranian terrorist attacks in America is even shorter. Most of the antagonism against Iran in America is motivated by Iran's relationship with other countries (Israel), not things they've done to America. I can't say that I feel any personal animosity towards Iran, I wish America would let Israelis handle Israeli affairs and stop getting into grudge matches with other countries on their behalf.
  - vorpalhex 4y ago
    > There were seven attacks in May, as many attacks that month as February, March and April combined, and there have been a total of 29 since October without a kinetic U.S. response. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/attacks-iran-backed-militias-us-target-are-us-hasnt-responded-force-20-rcna32892 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/attacks-i... We interdict Iranian missiles to terrorist groups about once a week. Iran's stated goal is to forcibly convert the world to their preferred brand of theocratic rule - the "women are very literally property" kind of theocratic rule.
pvaldes 4y ago
Not, in fact is bad, because what is good for the geese is good for the gander. This increases the risk of being killed by a drone for everybody, even if is as collateral damage. If international laws can be so easily violated for free, why do we need them? Do we really want a world without rules?