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Originally Posted by accord1999
To build a stronger relationship in the fight against ISIS. One way to do that is to help Russia improve its civilian airliner security if it didn't already know. After all, Russia in 2015 may have suffered a loss of an airliner with 200+ passengers from such an attack.
But it can, since the American president has final say on classification.
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You claim critical thinking here, but it's not. It's rationalization.
Consider who Russia is:
-Openly hostile to US
-Murders journalists and opposition
-Prop up and help Syrian regime to kill it's own civilians
-Brazenly interferes in foreign elections
-Engaging in espionage in the US with the express intent to destabilize
Now, with knowing that, it should seem obvious to someone using critical thinking, that the Russians would be more than happy to compromise the US. Even if you aren't certain, you must suspect they might, which makes sharing Intel a bad idea. Especially considering the felt it so important they wouldn't even tell allies.
Then consider the fact that the US has already stopped laptops from entering the US from countries where they are concerned ISIS might have tried. You cannot say it was important to tell the Russians this to prevent it or they would've told their allies too.
Then comes the biggest flaw in your critical thinking analysis here: Trump was simply boasting about how good his Intel was. This was not granular info given as a way to improve security. He was boasting.
It's important not to follow group-think and to use critical thinking to ensure your not being misled, but I don't think you did much thinking here