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Keeping Up Foreign Relations. You Know, Giving Them the Bird.
Over the weekend two Russian air force bombers invaded the sovereign airspace of Japan and antagonized the United States aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Nimitz and the guided missile ship, Princeton. The Nimitz responded by launching several F/A-18 fighters to intercept the Russian aggressors.
Not since 2004 has the Russian air force interacted with a U.S. carrier. Such activity was common during the cold war and it seems as if the Russians are in a hurry to revive past tendencies. For a couple of years now the Russians have objected to the proposed missile shield in eastern Europe. The question, of course, is why? Missile shields are deterrents and a defensive measures (hince the “shield” instead of “sword” title). The Russians have nothing to fear form a purely defensive posture by the United States and her European allies. That is, of course, unless the Russians have plans to attack Europe.
Such provocative acts by the Russians do little to demonstrate why the United States and her European allies should feel at ease with a Russian military build-up. How could any nation feel comfortable when there are constant threats emanating from Asia.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Blow ‘em to hell
February 13th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Bill writes : “The Russians have nothing to fear form a purely defensive posture by the United States”
True. But the US has a rather nasty habit of aggression against those who cannot fight back and leaving alone those who can. And given the US new position of willingness to actually use nuclear weapons, the treat via the shield becomes even more worrisome.
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Btw, Buck’s discursive capacity of the typical low-life idiot also unfortunately represents an unfortunate trend in America for all to see.
February 13th, 2008 at 11:01 am
“…the US has a rather nasty habit of aggression against those who cannot fight back and leaving alone those who can.”
More nonsense. The U.S. does have a habit of defending the oppressed and defenseless, especially when that means taking on powerful enemies. Is your position, then LTG, that the U.S. should only defend those being tyrannized by nations with a military as sophisticated as our own?
Rubbish.
February 13th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Bill,
Why did the U.S. back off from North Korea?
Further, outright warfare is not the typical method of U.S. aggression, but the ever present club of U.S. hegemony. U.S. hegemony has nothing to do with defense of the weak, but is use of the weak for the good of he U.S. U.S. hegemony is the strong arm of the “American System”.