'If someone’s in the no-fly zone ... you have to shoot them down.'
But Stoffer told ABC News that establishing no-fly zones in Iraq, Libya and the Balkans is no comparison to imposing one against Russia.
"It would essentially mean the U.S. military would be shooting down planes, Russian planes," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in an interview with"That is definitely escalatory ... That is not something the president wants to do. Those are all the reasons why that's not a good idea." Some American lawmakers, however, are still pressing for the U.S. to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
"The fate of #Ukraine is being decided tonight, but also the fate of the west. Declare a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine at the invitation of their sovereign govt," KinzingerStoffer, who worked on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, said creating a no-fly zone in Ukraine would be one of the fastest ways to trigger a war with Russia.
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