Maybe the Navy could sell some of those super hornets to Canada instead? We will be needing a more modern defence platform.

That seems to fit with the personalities we can see emerge in interviews.

Maybe he is a prick, but I’m willing to bet that what you see is what you get. Nico is all composed in public and a constantly whining prat behind closed doors. If he spent more time correcting his flaws, he wouldn't be playing second fiddle.

Two evenly matched drivers - right. Nico goes quicker than it takes to type this sentence.

You keep Lewis for the intangibles. He is faster and mentally tougher. The more interesting driver also brings more attention to MB-AMG when you’re looking for your next car.

WTF? There’s something really wrong with the flow of this car. The rear looks “stuck on.” The front and back of the car must be from different design teams. The vertical engine cover slats are also kind of vomit inducing. And this is coming from a 991 owner who thinks its the most beautiful car ever made.

I think I may have seen that exchange on here. What the fuck is an RSS feed?

You know it's only possible to please none of the people all of the time.

I’m happy for Nico. Looks genuinely happy in that picture. I’ve been a fan since his Williams days when he scored a near perfect result on Frank’s car setup entrance exam. Smart guy, and clearly quite fast too. If he can learn to stop cheating himself out of victory, next season will be a good one!

Nico can only drive when there’s no pressure to perform. He’s the driver I’ve seen most prone to mental error when it counts in the last decade. Unfortunately, this habit is not correctable, and means he will never beat Lewis in the same equipment.

You argument assumes his capability of understanding the problem. He doesn't, and wouldn't care to even try.

True, but my point is that official warnings are serious business and do matter when it comes time to spin the situation.

I just think there would be emergent diplomacy where the dispute resolution process was outlined in advance. It sounds like they were about to do this by inviting the Russian ambassador, but then decided to go rogue a bit prematurely. Given that there was no immediate threat, the indication seems to be that they were…

Nicely said. That pretty much sums it up exactly. And I hadn’t even considered the “despicable human leach” angle before.

True that Russians aren’t known for considering anybody else’s perspective, but I don’t think Putin was completely off base with action in Syria. The country harbours an international threat that needs to be corrected. History may show that this isn’t the way to deal with it, but nobody else has a better answer...

True, but they should have followed through with having the Russian ambassador visit. They could have outlined their case and established the repercussions for the next incursion, which would have significantly improved the optics of this situation. As it stands, they seem overly trigger happy, even though they may be…

I wonder who makes the decision to violate the airspace. Is this a pilots decision or are they told to do it, and why?

Wait...what? Even the craziest conspiracy theory nut jobs don’t believe that. You’re taking crazy to a whole new level.

EA stock has quadrupled since 2011. Their CEO made $13.9 million in 2014 and their CFO$11.5 million, in addition to the salaries of their top executives, all of which were north of $1 million. A similarly ridiculous story is true of Activision., so please explain where the lack of income is.

Enlighten me then.