This is exactly the situation I think of when I hear news of rescue missions. Running a rescue in a place with functional air defense is a recursive rescue problem that could quickly get out of control.
Exactly what happens to me in Kerbel Space Program.
Rescue team for the rescue team.
I imagine Trump would threaten to nuke a major city if it didnt stop and pilots werent returned safe. Not that I agree, but I think that's what he would emotionally do.
Isn't that basically the plotline of the Blackhawk Down movie?
And, more importantly, the real-life events on which it's based?