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In reply to the discussion: Tulsi Gabbard, Trump Tower Meeting, RW contacts, and Russia [View all]Shemp Howard
(889 posts)24. You are missing something.
You said "If there is one thing the USA / Russian Federation know its how to avoid incidents in each others declared airspaces." I agree with that. But your statement holds only when BOTH sides agree on whose airspace it is.
Russian planes are careful when near Alaska. And American planes are careful when near Siberia.
So who owns Syrian airspace? It's Syria, obviously. And the Syrians invited the Russians in. We have no claim to Syrian airspace. And the Russians will not accept any claims that we do.
What happens when there is no general agreement? Mistakes happen. Escalations happen. And yes, that can lead to war. Just like in the summer of 1914. It's a dice roll we don't need to make.
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Useful idiots those who offer blank checks for our military intervention in foreign nation-states
Devil Child
Feb 2019
#25
Where you see idiocy I see a respectable attempt to make her case to an innafectual CiC
Devil Child
Feb 2019
#27