NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report

Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by LunaSea on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:36AM (#25147773)

The facts remain:

- Ukraine was an independent country that got invaded by a neighbouring country's military

- Georgia was an independent country that got invaded by a neighbouring country's military

Russia also regularly crosses neighbouring countries' (Sweden, Finland, Alaska, etc.) borders with fighter planes, boats and submarines.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by disgu on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:47AM (#25148173)

> Russia also regularly crosses neighbouring countries' (Sweden, Finland, Alaska, etc.) borders with fighter planes, boats and submarines.

That's something all capable militaries do on a regular basis. "Accidentally", of course. The US does this, Russia does it, China does it and so on. While it's of course not nice, it's disingenuous to use it in any kind of argument.

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Re:NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircr... by DiogenesKynikos on Thursday November 19, 2020 @07:17AM (#25148746)

Georgia is much more complicated. Georgia invaded the de facto independent state of South Ossetia. Russia sent troops into South Ossetia to repel the Georgian invasion and then chased Georgian troops into Georgia proper.

South Ossetia was an autonomous oblast in the Georgian SSR. When the USSR disintegrated, Georgia and South Ossetia fought a war, which ended up with a truce that lasted until the Georgian invasion in 2008.

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