Nick Ferrari puts David Cameron on the spot: ‘Why can’t the RAF shoot down drones over Ukraine like they do Israel?’

12 comments

1. That was a lot of deflecting. It’s clear he doesn’t have a good answer

2. Well, first, Iran doesn’t have any nukes, nor the means to deliver them to the UK with any notion of effectiveness.

3. A question I asked yesterday… To the guy that ran off when a democracy had a vote… 🧐

4. Keep the jets over NATO territory, and shoot down anything within range. Frame it as ‘Preventing accidental strikes into NATO territory.’

   It might not help for front line strikes, but they could likely protect kyiv and lviv that way, which would allow them to move air defense systems closer to the front

5. Ukraine needs these F16s now

6. Just like we shoot down Houthi drones and missiles to protect our allies, and we shoot down Iranian drones and missiles, we should shoot down Russian drones and missiles to protect our allies. There should not be one shred of distinction.

7. Because Iran can’t really escalate like Russia can.

8. Because there are two countries that we have air superiority and government approval to operate in between Iran and Israel.

   We do not have air superiority in Ukraine nor have we any approval to operate in said air space.

   This is such a non-issue it’s wild.

9. Because Russia has a massive nuclear arsenal, a large conventional army, and is geographically huge? I don’t like appeasement anymore than the next guy, but we shouldn’t pretend that these situations are equivalent. Iran has virtually no ability to retaliate against Britain; Russia does….

10. Ukranian air space is disputed. Not Israel’s. If you put fighters in the air, they will probably have to face russian fighters.

11. What an excellent question. Although the answer is probably a risk of shooting down something with Russians inside.

12. Ahhh the “escalation” cop out excuse has reared its head again.