[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

No confrontation or shootdown will be “accidental”. Remember, this is a communist dictatorship, just like the Soviet Union was when it shot down KAL-007 in the early 1980’s.

Murder by communists is NEVER accidental! Mass murder is always planned!

[lentulusgracchus]

No confrontation or shootdown will be “accidental”.

If they get into it in a three-way among the Chicoms, Japanese, and our guys, it'll be the biggest aerial brawl since the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a.k.a. the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot".

It'll also be China's dress rehearsal for the Big One over the Formosa Strait and Taiwan.

[American Constitutionalist]

" just like the Soviet Union was when it shot down KAL-007 in the early 1980’s. "

You see ? even us here on FR are better at figuring out our foreign policy better than these rank armatures that occupy Washington now.
It's either or, we know darn well that is clearly on China's mind and what it would cost China if they were to shoot down a American or any other commercial jetliner, or ? they just don't give a crap.
Now we have rank armatures in Washington now saying ? " pretty please ? we don't want to make you wvery angry, please, please don't hurt us or make us look wvery weak and bad in the world's eyes " ....
Hey Washington ? Get your crap together, stop acting like a bunch of rank armatures and sissys.
Washington ? here's what you say to China.... China ? if you shoot down one of our jetliners with innocent passengers on board we will not pay back our debt to you and we will kick your A$$es to timbucktwo and back.