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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
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Originally Posted by DeepIron
What? Don't people just ask politely anymore? No it's "Demand"... Where's Miss Manners when you really need her?...
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Why "ask". From an international law point of view, America is definitely in the wrong on this one. The S-3 is a military aircraft and it has invaded airspace. If someone trepassed onto your lawn, you'll be well within your rights to demand, not only ask, for their reason here and that they leave.
And the excuse. "Navigational problems?" It is an old standby that has become cliched and sounds less plausible with each advance in navigational technology. Does the US contend that the GPS, INS, TACAN, dead reckoning ... etc all went onto the fritz at the same moment?
You'll be less insulting saying you don't give a **** about other people's sovereign airspace, which you will invade for your own convenience. |
You miss my point... I'm not saying the US isn't at fault here. The pilot did contact a Venezuelan tower and the US did not deny the incursion. As for the other "aspects" of this event, well, I'm not privy to that kind of Military Intelligence so I'll just go with what the media has reported.
My point, facetious as it was, it simply this: when you hear about just about any event where one nation "violates" another, the responding rhetoric and tone are already "heated up" and hostile. What ever happened to just talking calmly and working out the problem without all the saber rattling and accusations?
The world is becoming an increasingly tiresome place...