I think it's time to call Russia's Bluff

[eric]

[eynon81]

- liberating eastern european women.
- Russian emp wipes out my student debt.
- Non gets a bunch of medals for meritorious conduct of my desk.

what are we waiting for?

[NAB]

[exploited]

Eric, have you learned nothing about trolls during your time here? You don't feed them. Taking down a Russian bomber would accomplish nothing more than giving Putin a boost in the polls.

[eric]

I don't think anything is going to change there regardless, ya know? It's a mafia state. That's just what it is now.

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[eric]

Hm, I don't think it would increase them. The only reason Russia is even bothering with this crap is because we're coming off as timid, weak, and afraid. A bully is going to keep pushing you until you do something about it.

f**k it. Maybe next they fly closer. Maybe violate airspace. Maybe the land at an airport. Maybe the drop some bombs.

But we do nothing about it because we want to avoid war? That's exactly why they think we're weak. We do want to avoid war, but we can't let them push us around as though we're afraid of it.

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[eric]

[exploited]

Posturing. Guaging reactions. Trying to figure out if we've started to get scared, or if we'll just shake our heads at their childish bullshit.