Posted on 04/14/2016 10:38:39 PM PDT by Nachum
Two Russian jets flew within metres of the ship on Monday, US officials said. Russia´s defence ministry said the Su-24 fighter jets "turned away in observance of all safety measures" after observing the USS Donald Cook. Mr Kerry criticised the gesture and said contact had been made with Moscow. "We condemn this kind of behaviour," he told the Miami Herald and CNN Espanol in a joint interview. "It is reckless. It is provocative. It is dangerous. And under the rules of engagement, that could have been a shoot-down." He added that the US "is not going to be intimidated on
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valid point
How does the Navy know if they’re a threat or not. Said they had empty wings, meaning no weapons, but can all weapons be seen?
Smart money says that if he didn't award himself enough Purple Hearts for an early trip home, he would still have come home early ............after being fragged.
sKerry can’t just throw “his” medals over the Rainbow Mosque’s fence again?
It’s Putin giving Obama a very public wedgie.
This stuff will stop as soon as we have a President again.
yep.
And if Iran builds that monument showing the American sailors surrendering, I expect a smart bomb to destroy it instantly.
[[Kerry: Shooting down Russia jets ´would have been justified´]]
He says that now but had they shot those jets down he would be screaming for their heads . I still can’t believe they made this clown Secretary of State . He is one of the main reasons the Russians see us as weak enough to try a stunt like that.
The time we will bomb Iran is when we really mean it. Then they can wonder why their cute little statues didn’t protect them.
As far as the buzzing incident goes, complaining about it just makes Obama and Kerry look like the fools that they are. We aren’t going to start a hot war with Russia because their pilots buzzed our ships.
If I was still in the Navy, and on that ship, I would have hoped to take a photo of it when it passed by.
If it was going to attack, it would have done so from MUCH further awawy.
Air show.
This reminds me of the Blues and how I would like to go see them fly real low and LOUD. They rattled our windows in Virginia.
There’s one word for a ship close enough to shore to be easily attacked by land-based aircraft: sunk.
Look at where this took place. It’s the same chicken game we’ve been playing with the Russians and the Chinese since the 50’s.
I’m guessing they confirmed their suspicions.
Sun Tsu: When you’re enemy is superior irritate him.
Sun Tsu: When you’re enemy is superior irritate him.
isn’t that dangerous?
and does that mean I should irritate my mother in law? :)
John “Gen-Jis Khan” Kerry - from whining snot-bag to a man ready to start WWIII with Russia!
When a decorated war hero like John F. Kerry speaks, people listen.
I would agree. His ventures in Ukraine and the M.E. have likely drained what little hard cash reserves he’s got, and he knows full well that the retarded chimpanzee in office will not start a shooting war with a nuclear power.
This happened in the Baltic. The nearest carrier is in the Persian Gulf: Aircraft Carrier Locations. The Russian Pilot could complete his not only his sortie, but a nice period of leave, before our Navy could get carrier based fighters over the Donald Cook.
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