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Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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grosswait wrote: post #168
torpfactory wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My read is most likely some kind of strike on the cartels. There hasn’t seemed to be any significant US military buildup so it’s something they’ll be able to do with a smaller force. The trapezoid makes me worried about a ground incision there- it extends to the border and would be a cover space for an invasion force. Absolutely bonkers that we are even having this discussion. The TFR is most likely contingency plann…

You are the first person to mention invasion. Kind of bonkers to jump to that conclusion.

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Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by debo_ »

baq wrote: post #71
codeduck wrote: post #68

Am I hallucinating? Wasn't there just an identical thread on the front page not even an hour ago?

You aren’t, probably was flagged down by not being hacker enough (or more likely for being an open invitation to runaway speculation without any grounding in reality and facts)

*runway speculation

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by shaky-carrousel »

pandemic_region wrote: post #116
shaky-carrousel wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They probably lost a nuke in the area. Wouldn't be the first time.

Honest question: do you mean it was stolen or it fell out of the plane by accident or something like that?

I mean it fell out. It has happened before.

Re: Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

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Post by p-e-w »

nessbot wrote: post #198
reactordev wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coming from groups that just pickup busses of people to murder, I wouldn’t be so sure that firing back at the US would be out of the question.

Murdering buses of people doesn't bring the full force of the US military on them. The difference is the risk not the depravity.

This is the answer. The cartels would have to be insane to poke that particular bear. They would get crushed like a bug. IIRC they murdered a single US undercover officer in the 90s and the retaliation was so bad that they themselves handed over the perpetrators.

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Post by Noaidi »

nessbot wrote: post #198
reactordev wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coming from groups that just pickup busses of people to murder, I wouldn’t be so sure that firing back at the US would be out of the question.

Murdering buses of people doesn't bring the full force of the US military on them. The difference is the risk not the depravity.

How did that full force of the US military work out in Vietnam?

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Post by reactordev »

infecto wrote: post #216
reactordev wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coming from groups that just pickup busses of people to murder, I wouldn’t be so sure that firing back at the US would be out of the question.

The distinction is those are cases where they are murdering Mexican citizens. If a cartel murdered a bus of people in America I suspect most any administration would retaliate in some form.

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Post by kgermino »

Noaidi wrote: post #227
nessbot wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Murdering buses of people doesn't bring the full force of the US military on them. The difference is the risk not the depravity.

How did that full force of the US military work out in Vietnam?

Pretty badly for both sides

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Post by FergusArgyll »

m4rtink wrote: post #210
duxup wrote: post #192

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Shooting down civilian American aircraft like that would seem to just be for an even more strong response… Seems unlikely.

If only this was a certainty - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down with 298 people killed 12 years ago but still no one was directly punished for it...

> Shooting down civilian *American* aircraft like that would seem to just be for an even more strong response…
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