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Sovereignty under attack - by our own President

Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 10 months ago to News
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Mr. President, there are no excuses. Warships passing into territorial waters (<15 miles from coast) without explicit State Department authorization is considered an act of War.

Those ships should have been shadowed once they were 250 miles away, warned off when they hit 25, and sunk as soon as they crossed the line.


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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 9 years, 10 months ago
    I have to laugh at all the hysteria over this incident, as we often "crossed the line" in exchanges with the Soviets during the Cold War, with no shots fired, no harm done. The most famous incident I recall (although the entire thing was treated as classified at the time) involved U.S. and USSR air defense units. Soviet aircraft often probed our radar, as an exercise and to gather data, turning back before actually entering Alaskan airspace. One Soviet flight leader decided to push his luck, and prank his American counterparts. Two Soviet fighters came in high, to divert our attention, and two others came in "on the deck". The high pair did the usual, turning back before crossing into Alaskan airspace, but the two low flyers actually did a flyover of Elmendorf, skedaddling before we could send up any response. Instead of involving State, the local USAF commander decided on a tit-for-tat. He copied the Soviet action, but made a point of having the F-15s fly supersonic over the Soviet base housing. The hell raised by the Soviet pilots wives over all the broken china was more effective at stopping the games than any diplomatic efforts would have been.
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  • Posted by DeanStriker 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I "expected" all this even before Zero was nominated. It took virtually no time to figure that out. The so-called majority, tho, has remained sound asleep.
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  • Posted by wiggys 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I do not think they were expected. He has just done things by design as it has turned out i do believe that are as negative to the country as can be done. What is most tragic is that the congress has actually made no effort to rein him in, so in my opinion they in the congress are complicit.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 10 months ago
    He is the first and only anti-American president in history. His actions are to be expected.
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  • Posted by STEVEDUNN46 9 years, 10 months ago
    I suspect we do the same thing. Perhaps the is an unwritten agreement not to fire on one another.
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  • Posted by jnnrd54 9 years, 10 months ago
    Feckless, incompetent republican leaders should be impeached right along with their buddy, Obama
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  • Posted by NealS 9 years, 10 months ago
    Will the left get the picture when Chinese and/or Russian language is mandated in our elementary schools?
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  • Posted by khalling 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    yes, of course. but a tense situation between nations is likely to occur. The borders are recognized nation to nation. France could care less if people from Spain drive on their roads. But if the nation of Spain decides to move some military next to the border with France, that's another story.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    When a nation's leader changes, it is often expected that the new leader would honor the old leader's treaties, but often they don't. Moreover, sometimes they shouldn't honor such treaties (ex. Obama and Iran). Unfortunately, nations violating treaties has to be expected. Just like when people are acting morally when they are acting in their own best interest, a number of nations think they are acting morally when they are acting in their own best interests, treaties be damned.
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 9 years, 10 months ago
    Don't they have the freedom to travel where they want, too? I am being sarcastic here.
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