WE DON’T … THAT’S THE POINT
It’s been twenty-nine years since lieutenant Pete Mitchell (a.k.a. “Maverick”) gave the one-finger salute to a Soviet jet pilot in the movie Top Gun.
Obviously, a lot has happened since then …
The Cold War has ended, although certain American military industrialists are clamoring to start another one … hence U.S. meddling in Ukraine, and Washington, D.C.’s apoplexy over Russian involvement in Syria.
Wait … what is Russia doing in Syria?
Glad you asked. It’s attacking the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – a.k.a. the monster of America’s making.
So … shouldn’t America be supportive of Russian’s efforts? You know, since our government is in the midst of an undeclared thirty-year war with ISIS?
You’d think … but as with everything America’s military does abroad, “it’s complicated.”
As it stands now, American fighter jets are continuing to participate in a NATO air campaign over Syria – which is all the military industrialists could get after the American public didn’t fall for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s “we must invade” fearmongering.
How close are these U.S. warplanes to the Russian jets?
Glad you asked …
(Via Zero Hedge)
That’s less than twenty miles away. And the Russian jets are even closer to unmanned U.S. drone aircraft.
What could possibly go wrong, right?
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: The United States has no business meddling in Syria. Our actions there and elsewhere in the Middle East are needlessly confrontational – and do more harm than good.
Our military assets should be assigned in defense of core national security objectives – not nation-building, not the defense of other nations and not wars of needless aggression.
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Well one things for sure, a Stormin Norman you ain’t.
I think we should shoot one down just for kicks.
An American plane? You fucking traitor.
A Russian plane dipweed.
An American plane?
Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.
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This what leading from behind looks like. This Presidency has been one bad joke after another. We have a leadership vacuum and boy is it sucking right now.
The leadership vacuum is being filled by a leader. Putin is eating Obummer’s lunch. There is only two world leaders today. Putin in Russia and Netanyahu in Israel. Our once great country is the laughing stock of the world.
Actually, I’m hearing Netanyahu is falling politically. This whole thing started with the Arab Spring and really kicked in to gear with the Benghazi BS. Only a kool-aid soaked imbecile would still deny that we armed and kickstarted Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. After those complete trainwrecks, next up, Syria.
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Jesus, that radar map looks like a video game from the Commodore 64 in the mid 80’s. I remember playing F-15 Strike eagle on it, and it looked similar.
Putin is kicking ISIS’ ass in Syria. Our “leadership” over the last 14 years or so wanted to pussyfoot around with them and their former incarnations, often doing things which strengthened them and helped them to grow. Our military had the means to do likewise but were restrained by our politicians.
Go Putin!
Ask active duty pilots about the number of hours they’ve been flying for the past decade. It’s barely enough to stay aircraft qualified.
“…what is Russia doing in Syria? Glad you asked. It’s attacking the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…”
Maybe (a little, just for show) but what they’re really doing is blowing the shit out of the more moderate (and I use that term loosely, in a Muslim-world kinda way) forces attempting to push their puppet Bashar al Assad out of office.
“…shouldn’t America be supportive of Russian’s efforts?”
“The United States has no business meddling in Syria.”
We don’t, but Russia does?!
Holy conflicted, convoluted thinking, Batman. The world is a complicated, dangerous game. The people who run it don’t wear sports jerseys or backwards ball caps…
Wow.
In case there was any doubt:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/middleeast/russia-syria-conflict.html?_r=0
Thanks to Israeli espionage the Soviets & Chinese have equaled American air power.