Posted on 10/26/2016 5:21:20 AM PDT by Strategy
Edited on 10/26/2016 5:36:16 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- National Intelligence director James Clapper says he wouldn't put it past Russia to "to shoot down an American aircraft" if a no-fly zone is imposed over Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Have you considered that our leaders think confronting Russia benefits them (our leaders)?
Looks like we're about to back into a global war.
Any attempt to establish a no fly zone would be a huge blunder. Dumbest idea ever.
Clapper, the ODNI, is also the guy who when being interviewed by Dianne Sawyer about an arrest of a dozen jihadi terrorists in London earlier that day looked to his aides because he had not heard about this breaking-news-for-10-hours big arrest.
“I have this sneaking suspicion that an armed confrontation with Russia does not benefit the American people at this time. “
Democrats love to start wars and get Americans killed.
Because the USA are the good guys, and Russia are the bad ones. Who would ask for another explanation?
"As an aviator veteran of two No-Fly zone operations–DENY FLIGHT and SOUTHERN WATCH– I can only say AMEN to this article. No fly zones are very limited operational tools and not the one-size fits all air power solution that so many politicians with zero military experience (beyond directing that military) so casually throw about in their prescriptions.
Good job Star-baby et al.
John T. Kuehn
Fort Leavenworth Kansas"
http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/political-airpower-part-i-say-no-to-the-no-fly-zone/
From outside of USA, it looks like the U.S. is throwing a massive tantrum like a petulant teenager who has all the power toys and is using whatever s/he can do and find to get their way.
It looks really bad for a superpower, which needs to exercise wisdom, leadership and restraint and recognise that the world doesn’t revolve around the U.S. or what the U.S. wants to dictate to others all the time.
Cobalt thorium G...
Problem is, neither one of them would die. Others however.........
Correcto! The neo cons and a few others in positions of power believe that the United States can survive a “limited nuclear exchange” with Russia. They are wrong on any number of counts, including: 1. It won’t be a “limited nuclear exchange”. 2. Russia has more warheads than we do. 3. Russia has a civil defense system and we don’t.
Only anti-gun people think that weapons (and bombs are weapons) kill or speak. They don’t. People do.
Hillary said in the last debate she wants to implement a no fly zone in Syria.
Se. John McInsane is the godfather of war with Russia over Syria. Sen. Linda Graham of course sides with his lover. Sen. Marco Rubio, John Bolton, Cris Christie, Sen. Tom Cotton, and even Mike Pence are insanely demanding confrontation with Russia over Syria.
Not quite true. We have the same one we had back when I was a kid.
DUCK AND COVER.
(although I'm not sure we have the same quality desks)
Metro as shelter
We do NOT have a good civil defense program. Ready.gov just doesn’t cut it. Russia, the Baltic states, Poland, Korea, and Switzerland have excellent civil defense programs.
There is already a NFZ there. It’s too late for another country to try to force a second NFZ on top of it. And of course we have no right and no proper.cause there to begin with. Being the illegal aggressor / mass murderer is not an American value , mr O. At least not in this modern age. A Muslim value. Not American.
Our emergency alert system being pushed out to smart phones is nice, but it's the "listen for instructions after the tone" part that nobody ever wants to talk about.
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