When you're doing extra-legal military operations in a country that isn't at war, what choice do you have? There are civilian aircraft up in the sky. Having a fighter jet run into one and kill a bunch of civilians is a bad PR situation.

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robcohen 30 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

How would this happen? Jets are significantly more maneuverable than anything else in the sky. The military could, you know, pilot the plane so it does not hit anything.

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hrimfaxi 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

When you're doing extra-legal military operations in a country that isn't at war, do you really care about PR?

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treis 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes? Nobody cares that they killed a bunch of Cuban body guards. Taking down a civilian airliner would have been a big deal.

	▲	dist-epoch 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If the fighter jet collides with the airliner, the pilot most likely dies. They care about that.