Reply to: Iranians down US drone

[Troll]

no no
oh no.
a 'casus belli' is an excuse for war.
or a justification for war

its not an act of war

Mr picky...

I seem to recall in the distant past reading a list of actions that would and could be treated an "Act of War"
The mining of a harbour springs to mind but me & Mr Google cannot find a definitive list anywhere

[Troll]

Yanks say computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war

<gulp>

[Moscow Mule]

I've been rewatching The West Wing lately, apparently they can blow up a drone from the other side of the world anyway.

[RobertRice]

War is very close:

i) US election closing in
ii) global financial meltdown

1984

Batten down the hatches.

[EternalOptimist]

Quite right EO. Like shooting Arch Dukes for example.

lol

[xoggoth]

Quite right EO. Like shooting Arch Dukes for example.

[EternalOptimist]

Aren't unauthorised overflights of military aircraft also classed as casus belli- an act of war?

no no

oh no.

a 'casus belli' is an excuse for war.
or a justification for war



its not an act of war

[suityou01]

A bit sick of all the non transpiring doom tbh

The euro is doomed!
America is doomed!
Double dip reession looms!
World on the brink of WW3!

Then we all trudge into work as nothing actually happened

Sensationalist journalism, now go back to sleep, the world is not as fooked as the papers make out

[Troll]

Technically speaking attack on embassy is the same as attack on sovereign territory, ie act of war.

Aren't unauthorised overflights of military aircraft also classed as casus belli- an act of war?

[AtW]

OK, thanks for the update AtW - cheers.

Read up on this here - Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Technically speaking attack on embassy is the same as attack on sovereign territory, ie act of war.

[hyperD]

Iran's been burning US flags for a few decades now, nothing new to report - embassy attack however was newsworthy because it affected UK directly and something like this happened with US embassy long time ago which lead to hostage crisis.

OK, thanks for the update AtW - cheers.

[Cliphead]

The Iranians have reported before downing a drone and that turned out to be bollocks as they later admitted.

[AtW]

there's been quite a bit of aggro for some time in Iran from supposedly Western forces attacking the nuclear effort but hasn't been reported in the UK MSM which just reported solely on the embassy attacks.

Iran's been burning US flags for a few decades now, nothing new to report - embassy attack however was newsworthy because it affected UK directly and something like this happened with US embassy long time ago which lead to hostage crisis.

[hyperD]

Can't find the linky, but I read last week that there's been quite a bit of aggro for some time in Iran from supposedly Western forces attacking the nuclear effort but hasn't been reported in the UK MSM which just reported solely on the embassy attacks.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Where can I buy shares in the company that supplies Iran's Union flags and stars and stripes? Only they seem to be burning plenty.