Malaysian Airlines 777 Shot Down (?)

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Only one thing cant happen, and that is nothing. If he refuses to take military action, then he better back it up with cold war style economic sanctions, not the pussy shit done earlier.
 

Frenzied Wombat

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Only one thing cant happen, and that is nothing. If he refuses to take military action, then he better back it up with cold war style economic sanctions, not the pussy shit done earlier.
Yeah, that's pretty much all that will happen, "sanctions". Uselessness that will accomplish nothing but give Putin "justification" to conduct real saber-rattling.
 

Fuse

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If it turns out this was intentional, I could see military action, maybe. But what I've seen this morning all points to a really, really bad mistake by an unqualified operator. This kind of thing has happened before.

Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And those were both done by the actual military of superpowers. There is a reasonably good possibility that this turns out to be some drunk yokel with a captured vehicle and a service manual trained well enough to shoot it, but not well enough to identify targets properly.
 

lurkingdirk

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If the 23 Americans were your family members would you still be gigantic faggot?
I'd probably still be able to have a conversation without descending to your level, thanks. Also, you missed the word "a." Would I still be *a* gigantic faggot?

Only one thing cant happen, and that is nothing. If he refuses to take military action, then he better back it up with cold war style economic sanctions, not the pussy shit done earlier.
I agree with this. I hate very much that the Russian people will suffer so much due to the sanctions, but it has to happen.

And, if is conclusively proved to be a rogue, separatist military group, then send in the drones, and take care of that business right bloody now.
 

Frenzied Wombat

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If it turns out this was intentional, I could see military action, maybe. But what I've seen this morning all points to a really, really bad mistake by an unqualified operator. This kind of thing has happened before.

Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And those were both done by the actual military of superpowers. There is a reasonably good possibility that this turns out to be some drunk yokel with a captured vehicle and a service manual.
Oh, I have no doubt that it was 100% accidental. Do people think it was intentional? I fail to see how intentionally shooting down a civilian airliner would help their cause..
 

Merlin_sl

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If its going to be more sanctions, they have to have teeth. I would like to see Russias ability to wage war removed financially via the UN. Anything less is useless and anything more, at this point, is unnecessary (Troops).
 

Burnem Wizfyre

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If the 23 Americans were your family members would you still be gigantic faggot?
I actually have family that visits Amsterdam nearly every year and do so myself, it could have easily been my family members (though not likely do to the destination of the flight) and I wouldn't want WWIII to start over it. He wasn't being a gigantic faggot, you were.
 

Merlin_sl

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Oh, I have no doubt that it was 100% accidental. Do people think it was intentional? I fail to see how intentionally shooting down a civilian airliner would help their cause..
It was accidental in the fact no one intended to shoot down an airliner, however if Putin wasn't pulling some stupid Hiter "I'm reuniting the motherland" shit, they wouldn't be there in the first fucking place.
 

Tuco

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On the spectrum of reaction there's:

sanctions < drone strikes < large scale bombing < troops on the ground < full occupation

I'm thinking a combination of drone and bombing could be justified here once we know the facts.
 

Frenzied Wombat

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Personally, I think having American troops within 500 miles of Russian troops is a recipe for disaster, no matter what the circumstances. I'd be cool with drone strikes and targeted attacks, but I still think it may escalate things disproportionally with Russia. Also, keep in mind these aren't Iraqi/Afghani rabble with outdated weapons. If the US attacked them, expect at least a few F-16's to fall from the sky.
 

Cinge

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Oh, I have no doubt that it was 100% accidental. Do people think it was intentional? I fail to see how intentionally shooting down a civilian airliner would help their cause..
If it was shot down, what happens when you give that kind of weapon to what is literally some town folk with the most basic of military training.

If the US attacked them, expect at least a few F-16's to fall from the sky.
Why if I see any action its drones and then its just to target certain individuals(leaders) and other AA sites if there are some.
 

Vaclav

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On the spectrum of reaction there's:

sanctions < drone strikes < large scale bombing < troops on the ground < full occupation

I'm thinking a combination of drone and bombing could be justified here once we know the facts.
Agreed - seems like a time to call in "Targeted Action" of some sort. Although with Russia being on good terms with these idiots... ugh...
 

Senaiel

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Yah not to get to off topic but it was the arch duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria that was one of the things that lead to the war.
 

jeydax

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I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. If he isn't being sarcastic/trolling then I feel bad. The start of WWI... hell WW2 even, is pretty fucking hard to forget.