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TYLER! Where is this new F-35 piece you alluded to? I’ve been hitting refresh on the damn page for three days!

Can we take bets on how many WW are going to say this is somehow okay using the same kind of #whitelogic we see on so many other posts about race.

Facts seem to say otherwise. 82% approval ratng is no small thing.

Why would being unaware of of responsibilities to NATO be “frighteningly”. Hyperbolic much? I think the average joe shmo in the United States could live their entire life never knowing our responsibilities to NATO and have no ill effects in their personal life. It’s not like anyone outside the military or military…

I am pretty white. When I had my dna tested by 23andme.com they said my ancestors left Africa only 50,000 years ago so I guess we are all black. Anyway I love telling my racist relatives the results of my test. I just leave out the part about 50,000 years. Money very well spent if you ask this broke ass teacher.

Intercepts are a common occurrence. It’s the “within 10 feet of another aircraft in flight” thing that makes this newsworthy.

Sure, the surveillance aircraft was able to land, but it did so on a Chinese-owned island, the crew impounded and questioned, the Chinese got access to sensitive, classified material about our intelligence-gathering capabilities, they took the entire plane apart to learn its secrets and when we got it back the plane…

100% of the Tatars still is a small portion of the population of Crimea, which continues to be marginallized and deported. Since when has Russia ever let dissent get in the way of progress?

I can’t decide if the child-like innocence of that comment is sweetly naive or frighteningly unaware of our responsibilities to NATO, the law, the violation of common sense, etc.

You have no idea what you’re talking about.

Since the Kuznetsov is based in the Northern Fleet, it would have very little reason to go to the Black Sea. But the point is, it’s not a carrier. It’s an aircraft carrying cruiser according to the Montreux Convention and is allowed through the Bosporus per that agreement. Russia is the only navy aside from the other…

Don’t put all the eggs in one basket. We have a destroyer in the Black Sea and I’m not sure that our aircraft in Turkey and eastern Europe are capable of taking on ships with anything but smart bombs. (How many Harpoon missiles do we stockpile in Turkey?)

In event of real war in that theater, the Black Sea is small enough that no surface ships would be remaining more than a day or two after hostilities begin. Land based aircraft would pretty much put paid to them. The Russians could use subs too (maybe we have one in the area, maybe we don’t, I have no idea and they…

Crimea’s citizens don’t want Russia gone. Nor do the Abkhaz.

Still, I don’t think US fighter jets would be coming that close to Russian planes in international airspace of American coasts.

The Russian aircraft that intercepted the US aircraft in international airspace did not follow ICAO rules, thus was dangerous. ICAO rules spell out procedures to safely identify an unknown aircraft, which should be followed by both aircraft.

Exactly, call me when a US airplane is intercepted off the coast of California. The fact that the US plane didn’t even have to take evasive action off the coast of Russia means things aren’t as hostile as the news makes you think. Just yesterday Putin was asking the US to lift sanctions once again saying it hurts…

Sure, it’s dangerous, it’s a taunt and whatnot.

Insurance headaches. Lots of guys in suits yelling at each other. Dashcam video on youtube within an hour or two.