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That's silly!! President Eisenhower was a Republican and he would never have backed such a plan. Not only that but President Bush was a Republican and he would never have backed such a plan either.
Everyone knows that the only reason why those Russian Spy Planes are flying over America is because that so-called "President" Barack HUSSEIN Obama sold the country out.
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Everyone knows that the only reason why those Russian Spy Planes are flying over America is because that so-called "President" Barack HUSSEIN Obama sold the country out.
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Let Russia's Planes Keep Flying Over US, Just Like Ike Wanted
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COL Ted Mc
The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 States Parties. It establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them. Open Skies is one of the most wide-ranging international efforts to date promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities. The concept of "mutual aerial observation" was initially proposed to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin at the Geneva Conference of 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower; however, the Soviets promptly rejected the concept and it lay dormant for several years. The treaty was eventually signed as an initiative of US president (and former Director of Central Intelligence) George H. W. Bush in 1989. Negotiated by the then-members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the agreement was signed in Helsinki, Finland, on March 24, 1992.
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The Treaty on Open Skies entered into force on January 1, 2002, and currently has 34 States Parties. It establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants. The treaty is designed to enhance mutual understanding and confidence by giving all participants, regardless of size, a direct role in gathering information about military forces and activities of concern to them. Open Skies is one of the most wide-ranging international efforts to date promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities. The concept of "mutual aerial observation" was initially proposed to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin at the Geneva Conference of 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower; however, the Soviets promptly rejected the concept and it lay dormant for several years. The treaty was eventually signed as an initiative of US president (and former Director of Central Intelligence) George H. W. Bush in 1989. Negotiated by the then-members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the agreement was signed in Helsinki, Finland, on March 24, 1992.
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COL Ted Mc
MAJ (Join to see) - Major; I knew that (and it looks like you missed the reference to "The Real True Patriotic American Patriots Party of America"). It also looks like you have missed the opposition to the flights (since President Obama was elected) there weren't any before that (except when President Carter was in office).
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COL Ted Mc
I just know the anti-Obama crowd won't read the article. Wanted to make it obvious. I worked on Open Skies in the early 90's.
I just know the anti-Obama crowd won't read the article. Wanted to make it obvious. I worked on Open Skies in the early 90's.
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SPC(P) Jay Heenan
There are portions of Russia that no one is allowed to fly over...seems that they want the benefit of the treaty, but not forced to follow it themselves.
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COL Ted Mc
SPC(P) Jay Heenan - Spec; There are also portions of the United States that no one is allowed to fly over. Does that mean that the US wants the benefit of the treaty, but isn't forced to follow it itself?
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So let them peek. They can't do anything anyway. It has nothing to do with selling out the country. Getting images from above is less important as opposed to them reading the scientific papers continuously being published by our scientists, patents being applied for, or all the news and updates on the military and scientific websites... All that information is at anyone's fingertips. So a fly-over is really not that big of a deal...
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