Belarusian plane hijacking sends ‘alarm bells ringing’

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My understanding is that Putin and Alexander Lukashenko have a strained relationship anyway. I really doubt that Putin will come to his aid should a Belarusian fighter get shot down in similar circumstance and Putin himself knows will face backlash for retorting in response to a plane that isn't his being shot down for hijacking a civilian aircraft containing multiple nationalities. It's just one of those things that crosses a line so far sitting on the fence will be best.

The commercial liner was minutes from leaving their airspace anyway so it could have been possible for other countries to start giving that a fighter some grief.........as I think other countries should do if they receive news a commercial liner is trying to make a runner towards the safety of their airspace because they're being chased and threatened by a fighter.

I have studied a bit of Russian history and it appears the largest country was literally forged by trauma of invasion.

They started out as small pockets of civilization in the west not far from Modern day Moscow, then they were invaded by the mongols that did plenty of raping and pillaging that left the population heavily traumatized.

At some point they rose up and drove the mongols East across thousands of miles. They didn’t stop there though they were so determined to prevent the same thing happening again they went all the way to the pacific across 12 time zones!

Hundreds of years later the invasion came from the west again more trauma from the French then Hitler. Again they drove the enemy back and with Hitler didn’t stop there.

Again so determined to prevent the same thing happening again the occupation of E Europe started to create a buffer against future invasions.

When the Berlin Wall eventually came down bush promised to not incorporate E Europe into NATO by moving US army towards them.

Then Clinton broke that promise in the 90’s creating the current stand off between Russia and US.

Not saying Putin is a good guy or not corrupt but the whole thing was totally preventable and unnecessary.

The US created a powerful enemy by choice that bit them in the backside in 2016 already and has now buddied up to China creating an even more powerful entity, making nuclear war more likely.

Totally sad and unnecessary.

If Clinton didn't break Bush's promise, I wouldn't be living in the first world now.

This is one more life Putin has damaged and will hopefully one day pay the price for ... My heart goes out to this young man and what is being done to him and his girlfriend this very moment.

a culture similar to amuuurican culture, german and italian culture before the war, and spanish culture bestrode by franco, dominated by boot-licking authority-worshippers elevating onto a pedestal a refined thug who pretends to pettily hate the same people they pettily do.

I'm not surprised at this, as the leader of Belarus is like any other Dictator; whom, will go to any length to silence dissension or anything that appears to destroy the narrative said dictator has crafted and wants to be the absolute truth.