Radosław Sikorski upbraids Moscow for being “incapable of living in peace” with its neighbors following a series of incursions into NATO airspace.
Russia shouldn’t complain at the United Nations if its missiles or aircraft are shot down after entering NATO airspace, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned Moscow on Monday.
Sikorski was speaking at an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council in New York. The summit was convened after three Russian military jets entered Estonian airspace for 12 minutes on Sept. 19 before being repelled by Italian F-35s representing NATO.
“I have only one request to the Russian government: If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down and the wreckage falls on NATO territory, please don’t come here to whine about it,” Sikorski said. “You have been warned.”
Not to be outdone, Sikorski sent a further barb Moscow’s way in New York: “We know you don’t care for international law, and you are incapable of living in peace with your neighbors. Your insane nationalism contains a lust for domination that will not cease until you realize that the age of empires is over and that your empire will not be rebuilt.”
If it’s one thing the dicktasters… I mean dictators… of today do a lot of at a regular basis, it’s whine. It’s the mark of a little man. Pathetic.
I have this sneaking suspicion that this response might be in the Russian “plan”. I have a feeling that the goal is to show that America won’t lift a finger to stop them, and thereby break NATO and badly damage US power. If Poland downs a Russian jet, and Trump says “Hey! You guys have to be nice to Russia” it will read as Russia calling NATO’s bluff while maintaining just enough plausible deniability to likely avoid even European countries from pushing for a real response.
brought to you by the same master planners that thought they’d take Ukraine in a month
No to mention Rutte’s a convervative and could easily undermine any response.
Not only that, but somehow since Russia is an innocent victim and they know America won’t stop them, they might as well go ahead and try a ground invasion and see what happens
That really goes without saying. Turkey shut down a Russian jet that was fucking around. That is the only way they will learn. They are jetting around like they are the baddest mother fuckers in the air while their equipment is pretty lame.
I wonder how the vatniks will twist this into NATO being the bad guys again.
I can see it now “more nato aggression! Of course russia needed to defend itself by invading a sovereign country!”
NATO’s only function has been to asset the US’s military dominance in Europe.
As a result, the EU is much less militarily prepared now than it was before because of over-reliance on the US… which has now turned its back on the EU.
So yeah, NATO has always been the bad guys (and the same goes for Russia under Putin).Geopolitics is not black-and-white.
So who are to good guys? Lmao
Less talk and more action please.
NATO member Turkey shot down a Russian jet some years ago, and the planet didn’t perish in a nuclear war, so we know we can do that.
The Russians claimed they have not been over NATO territory. If they come again, shoot them down and look where they land. Case closed.
The Russians claimed they have not been over NATO territory.
Only because they believe it should be their territory.
Debris from plains that are shot down don’t land directly below where they were shot down.
Sure, they land tens or hundreds of km from where they were shot down. Makes sense.
This. And it is not really predictable where they go, depends on which parts get damaged and how
That may be true, but while parts and pieces of downed aircraft may land over a mile or two from an incident based on altitude (they are no longer flying, they are falling), most airspace incursions are not happening just over the border but further inside the defending territory. It takes time for responding fighter jets to scramble and confront the invasive aircraft. This is occurring while traveling at high speed. So the likely answer is that they are not a mile inside of the airspace, but tens of miles at least. It should be no trouble to discern over where the incursion took place.
Good for Poland. I’m tired of these Putinganda-fuckers “accidently” sending incursions into their neighbours’ territories
Well that’s swell and all, but you can’t say that not do it. You can’t make that kind of bluff to a bully like Russia and not back it up. Cuz if you do back down that’s just emboldening the bully. They will view it as weakness and an invitation to go further. If they don’t shoot down the next plane that crosses their border Russia will escalate significantly.
Most neighboring countries have a sour history with Russia, Poland top in the list.
More words, to be followed by more incursions without action. We should have started shooting down Russian air-junk right from the first invasion in 2014. Historians will not be kind about floppy dicked Europe/NATO after it’s too late….
Without action? Come on. Drones went over Poland, shot down. Poland isn’t really holding back, but it can’t charge blindy either.
Nah, Poland is the one nation in Europe that’s itching for a fight with Moscow. They’ve just been holding back.
They’re ready to send troops to the frontlines of Ukraine last I heard.
I am also sick of the inaction. I hope they are a real warning and not more words.
I really like this line though and I will be repeating it to anyone who is listening, “incapable of living in peace”.
Ruzzian incursions and aggression will not stop until Vladimir Pootang grows tall, and develops an adult penis. Never have leaders with small pee pees, folks. Oh, wait a minute America…not like THAT !
Vlad. Vlad. Don’t be bad. Putin. Putin. Stop that shootin’.
Fyi Vlad isn’t the diminutive of Vladimir. Vladimir is “shortened” to Vova or Volodya. Vlad is short for Vladislov.
Well, makes at least as much sense as James being shortened to Jim
And Richard is obviously Dick
And Robert is Bob.
Margaret as Peggy always blew my mind. Or Elizabeth as Buffy.
Elizabeth the vampire slayer?
I wear the Royal Cheese. It does not wear me.
I thought that Vladimir got shortened to Dimi. Or is that pejorative?
Dimi is shortened from Dimitri.
Is this why Russian literature never makes any damn sense to me?
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