Russian invasion of Ukraine

[ghotihook]

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

Yes extremely common.

[AntiFascistVoter]

Heya sport! Zelensky at the White House.

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

Big mad huh? Heads of State traditionally get a red carpet.

[Iliena]

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

Quite unexpectedly this pleased me!

[jonnysensible]

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

why does it piss you off?

[Elder Millennial]

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

The red carpet is traditionally rolled out for foreign heads of states or important dignitaries. It's a tradition going back to the 5th century BC. Using it for celebrities is a historical novelty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_carpet

You are chronically ignorant aren't you? Also managed to get "pissed" about it?

[AntiFascistVoter]

I'm reflecting on the difference between this



and "I'd like you to do us a favor, though."




In my house, we would also roll out the red carpet for Mariah Carey.

[YUPPIE]

there's nothing to really take or dramatize from it than the fact red carpet (i.e, roll out the red carpet) is synonymous with celebrities. if that's how they treat all foreign dignitaries, then whatever, though I question if that means they would roll out such a carpet for someone like MBS with that loosely in mind.

[Gabriel]

Key things to take away from Putin's long speech today:

- He boasted he has a 1.5 million strong reserve force, as stated before by a Ukrainian official, vowing to free(?) Ukraine.

- He stated that after Zelenksy visited Washington, he will make the US and him suffer. Peace talks are now completely off the table.

Putin's asspain nourishes me.

[Gorsameth]

Speaking of Zelenskyy and Washington in a less than "everything is DOOOOOM YOU SHOULD BE SCARED!" way...

He's landed in the country/state.

Please tell me the US send Air Force One to pick him up as a 'I dare you to shoot him down' to Russia.

Edit: Looks like this is Air force Two? Seem deal basically.

[Forogil]

Please tell me the US send Air Force One to pick him up as a 'I dare you to shoot him down' to Russia.

Edit: Looks like this is Air force Two? Seem deal basically.

It more resembles Air Force Two, but technically it can neither be Air Force One or Two, as those names mean that the planes carry the President or Vice President.

There are also reports that Zelensky flew on a C-40 - whereas AF2 is normally a C-32, and it looks more like the C-40 that flew Nancy Pelosi than a C-32.

[Elder Millennial]

Please tell me the US send Air Force One to pick him up as a 'I dare you to shoot him down' to Russia.

Edit: Looks like this is Air force Two? Seem deal basically.

They picked him up in Poland. Don't see the Russians trying to shoot anything down in European airspace. Maybe over the Atlantic, but still nah.

[Gabriel]

They picked him up in Poland. Don't see the Russians trying to shoot anything down in European airspace. Maybe over the Atlantic, but still nah.

C'mon. They're stupid, but not that stupid.

[YUPPIE]

If you people are speculating over why the Russians didn't shoot his aircraft down, I highly doubt it was fear of the West. The logical explanation is simply the fact there is obviously a lot of secrecy (and security) in transporting such a subject.

[Elder Millennial]

C'mon. They're stupid, but not that stupid.

It's...It's Putin's Russia 2022...So I don't know.

[Gabriel]

If you people are speculating over why the Russians didn't shoot his aircraft down, I highly doubt it was fear of the West. The logical explanation is simply the fact there is obviously a lot of secrecy (and security) in transporting such a subject.

Your takes are so very very bad.

[Iphie]

Your takes are so very very bad.

Ah, he's right about the secrecy, but even if they knew they'd have to be monumentally stupid to take out an American plane carrying the head of state of another country.

[Lahis]

is a red carpet the norm for a flight walk, because I got kind of pissed looking at that thinking they're treating this guy like a celebrity

When presidents visit? Yes.

[YUPPIE]

Ah, he's right about the secrecy.

yeah exactly. I don't know why people think they'd seriously fly a plane without any measures or secrecy and boast "fuck around and find out"

I still believe if it was known where Zelenksy specifically was flying, the Russians would definitely have attacked it. The same goes for the likes of Boris Johnson, who made various unannounced and unnoticed (until he was at Kyiv) visits to Ukraine early this year.

[Forogil]

I still believe if it was known where Zelenksy specifically was flying, the Russians would definitely have attacked it.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/h...ince-war-began

So Zelensky tweeted that he was going to the US and then a gov't plane took off from eastern Poland, and lots of people began tracking it, but no Russian missiles got close

It takes a special skill to make failed predictions about the past.

[AntiFascistVoter]

yeah exactly. I don't know why people think they'd seriously fly a plane without any measures or secrecy and boast "fuck around and find out"

I still believe if it was known where Zelenksy specifically was flying, the Russians would definitely have attacked it. The same goes for the likes of Boris Johnson, who made various unannounced and unnoticed (until he was at Kyiv) visits to Ukraine early this year.

Wrong again. Flight watchers were watching the plane from the jump. They only people having a cow about this and the red carpet seem to be, You, Putin, and Ed Snowden.