Like it or not Russia is still out enemy. I don’t see a problem announcing that if we are dragged in to a “shooting war” with Russia we shoot back.
I doubt it will ever come to that but what is wrong with letting Putin know we will not back down like our “flexible” purse swinging punk Obama.
Syria has given Russia permission to fly in their airspace. If we shoot down Russian planes, we are not being dragged into a shooting war with Russia, we are needlessly starting a war with them.