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Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
With respect, skepticism arising from memories of recent history doesn't seem, to me, to constitute "bashing." And it's also appropriate to recognize that our US government has been actively and openly acting to raise those regional tensions.
I'm not aware of any actual evidence that suggests increased risk to airliners in the ME. What we are seeing and hearing are "warnings" based upon claims by a far-from-neutral party.
I think some caution is in order, after all our glorious Navy managed to hit an oil tanker with one of their stealth high tech destroyers with the best radar technology in the world. To be fair, oil tankers are pretty small targets to detect on radar, unlike islands and continents and whatnot. The tanker was broadcasting its position on AIS and the destroyer wasn't (the navy and coast guard don't seem to believe that we need to know where they are, but man they get bent out of shape if they don't know where you are.)