I guess things are a little different since Maverick's time
Posted on 12/14/2017 11:10:38 AM PST by Red Badger
I guess things are a little different since Maverick's time
That is the sovereign air space of Syria. Russia is an invitee and we are in violation of international law because we have not been invited there. We have no right whatsoever being there. Isis is now gone. We need to vacate unless we are invited to be there by the Syrian government.
Even though I live right by Eglin AFB, I have a hard time identifying aircraft.....................
“Could be, but they’re going to “see” each other well beyond visual range on radar.”
The Russian fighters probably didn’t see the Raptors. Maybe a couple of seagulls.
We are there in association with allies that want our support
Oh really? That the new secret twin engine variant of the F-35?
It’s a 22.
what is our fine usaf doing there?
Didn't they know the Russians couldn't see the stealth headlights ?
Nope. We are there under no bona fide auspices what so ever. We are violating the basic tenants of international law. Would you be at peace if China declared California a “deconfliction zone “ and shot down our air craft? That would be fine? Syria is a sovereign Nation that has successfully retaken its country from ISIS and the Kurds and a hand full of insugents promoted by Jonn McCain. We have no business in other people country unless they have attacked us. There is not a vestige of attack on this country by the Syrians. Just remember that the standards we set for illegal invasion shall apply to this countries invasions!!
This is what you call a “flare up”.
Your premise is flawed....... so called international law is what ever you make it.
Allies that are there illegally. We have basically invaded without the slightest legality.
Basically the entire Syrian civil war was a farce that we cooked up to remove Assad for some bizarre reason only a neocon could understand.
Isis got out of hand and embarrassed us so we had to back them down. Thank God Russia saved Assad or Syria would be an ISIS state today. Oops... i mean a moderate rebel state.
Chasing Russians, apparently....................
The Russians are going!
The Russians are going!
The airspace is ‘sovereign’ only so long as you can make it so...................
Hey..... get real. All your lawyerly BS caused the problem
War is resolving the problems resulting from the artificial borders set ub buy the Brits and Frogs.
Looks like an F22 to me.
Why?
Exactly. International law is whatever we say it is. There was no UN authorization of force, etc. We just jumped in.
But since you don’t care about international law, maybe you’ll care about NATIONAL law. We have no war powers act notification, no congressional authorization for military force save one, and that limited to a response against Assad if Assad used chemical weapons. The next day we got an amateurish rebel “chemical attack”.
But this is far outside US law.
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