A protester breached the airside perimeter at Shannon Airport in Ireland today, climbed onto the wing of a parked US Air Force C-130 Hercules and damaged the fuselage

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PeskyOctopus@reddit

Why risk the jail time for an airframe the US plenty of?

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PeskyOctopus@reddit

Surely effectiveness must come up at some point when making life-changing decisions, no?

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this-aint-Lisp@reddit

Apparently people's frustrations about their ability to change things in the polling booth run deep these days.

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Ok-Extent-7515@reddit

Risk prison? In another country, he would have been simply shot after climbing a fence and trying to approach military equipment.

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rhineauto@reddit

Ok but it didn’t happen in another country and the person wasn’t shot

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PeskyOctopus@reddit

Yes, shoot at the plane. That makes sense.

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PeskyOctopus@reddit

I don´t think that scene would work with only $10 burning in the background.

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AnybodyMaterial3786@reddit

Knowing Ireland (and Britain, for that matter) this person will probably get away with it on the defence of "it was a political protest".

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bigbadbob85@reddit

Knowing Ireland (and Britain, for that matter)

This very unusual phrasing suggests you are basing your knowledge of Ireland entirely off your knowledge of the UK.

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Comments here make me realize it doesn’t matter which sub I’m in, Redditors are still Redditors.

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FDT

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Physical-Cut-2334@reddit

Idiotic behavior

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Cielo11@reddit

It was very idiotic trying to regime change a country with cruise missiles, yes.

But here we are.

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PsychologicalGlass47@reddit

What does that have to do with damaging a government contracted aircraft?

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Ok_Battle990@reddit

Well done, disarming terrorists is a noble cause

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PsychologicalGlass47@reddit

What?

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Realliberal2028@reddit

Before another lunatic justifies their actions

Almost as if being a neet is a net loss for the economy

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CarminSanDiego@reddit

Meh looks like it was H model. Probably did that unit a favor one step closer to getting Js 😅

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HillarysBloodBoy@reddit

“Time to sell this one to Philippines”

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SimilarTranslator264@reddit

One well placed round and the issue could have been solved before the axe was swung

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rohepey@reddit

Stay home, Yank

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Good advice, Ahmed. Thanks.

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evthrowawayverysad@reddit

Fuck me, imagine living your life with this mindset. Tragic.

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Im_Balto@reddit

There’s a reason we have laws, and it’s so that solutions like this are not used.

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r4inbowgravity@reddit

waow

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eitilt@reddit

Rub a little hydraulic fluid on it, set 1010 and she’ll be airworthy

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