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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

As long as response to these incidents is 'we informed our allies' they would continue 'being unpredictable'.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Russia is harassing them... Estonia and a coalition of the willing gonna need to check Russians with blunt force. That's the only language Russians understand. Tired of people pretending lime they are gonna diplomacy out of this geo political fiasco.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 month ago

the major lesson of WWII is that appeasement doesn't work. at this point meeting fascism with appeasement is an endorsement of fascism

[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Turkey knows how to respond to Russian aggression.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown

In addition to what the introduction says about giving multiple warnings to the pilot, the Background section covers that they had also given multiple warnings about previous similar incidents and told Russia that if they kept doing this there would be consequences. This was therefore those consequences, and guess what? Russia backed off and stopped entering Turkish airspace.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 1 month ago

So they’re taking hostages now?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I'm all for piracy, but not this kind. Time to enforce a blockade.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

I'd that technically not a violation of chapter 5 of NATO?