Originally Posted by
capngrog
Is it your opinion that any and all advisories concerning the airspace of the Middle East should be ignored, especially if such advisories/warnings are from a "far-from-neutral party".
Of course not and neither I nor any other posters have expressed such an opinion. I merely said that skepticism is reasonable in this matter and pointed out a couple of reasons why that might be so.
I expect that even the most skeptical aviators will be careful to make sure that any nervous or possibly-hostile inquiries in that part of the world are responded to with unmistakable ID information. Indeed, those who are most skeptical may be most aware of the importance of doing just that, remembering that an inquirer might be one of those far-from-neutral parties.