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In reply to the discussion: Please help me understand something. WHY aren't we bombing that convoy? [View all]lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)you need to fly planes loaded with bombs to where the convoy is.
that airspace (long before your bombers get there) would be defended by
Russian air force. Now the Russian Air Force is not all that great, but it could defend against a set of bombers flying in from "unspecified" country. So... now you need to send fighters to fend off the Russian Air Force... and start shooting down Russian fighter jets. And don't forget the the ground to air missiles that likely accompany the convoy.
So... now you are in a shooting war with a nuclear armed nation. One that has a clearly insane dictator at the top. Utterly ruthless. Maybe he doesn't launch nuclear missiles at your country, maybe he does... whatever happens it's a fair bet that the nation (or nations) that do this will be in open warfare with Russia (and whatever allies Putin can dredge up).
So... willing to gamble that sanity prevails?
Or maybe, just maybe, we give the Ukrainian people a huge number of anti-tank missiles (like the javelin) and let them kill this convoy.
I like option 2 here. I just hope we can do it before the Russians take over the whole country and make it very difficult to arm the Ukrainian people.