GreenBean
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The Russian fighter made 12 passes at 500ft..............12............and the U.S. Destroyer did not respond. After the first pass, the Captain of the U.S.S. Donald Cook should have activated his 'Phalanx Defensive Cannon' and neutralized the fighter. That would have sent a strong signal to Putin that we mean business and won't allow a threat to put our crews in jeopardy. What the Russians are doing is taunting putative president Obama, something that would never have happened in this situation under Reagan, Bush 1 and 2 or even if Palin was president. They are making this putative president look extremely weak on the international scene and it is a utter embarrassment to us all. In 2016 we need a strong pro-military president who will use common sense and take a strong stance on agression around the world when peaceful nations are threatened by hardline goverments.
They were in International airspace - "neutralizing" the Rusky would've been an act of war - True under Reagan and Gorbachev they probably wouldn't have taken that chance .
Do you think one of our fighters should buzz by a Russian Warship off the coast of Florida - Damn Straight they should ! do you think the Rusky would have the right to shoot it down ?
True. But under Reagan suicide bombers in trucks detonate bombs and kill 241 American servicemen while they sleep via the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing... while Reagan watched. That's all.
Big difference between a major world power [Russia] and some tin pot IED terrorists.