When I was in the Navy, under Reagan, this sort of behavior from the Soviets was common. So common it would never make the news.
Does that mean they didn't show Reagan respect?
You have to add it all together, the Russians, the Iranians doing close encounters with our ships, the Chinese letting Obama find his own way off of Air Force One, the Philippine President calling Obama the son of a whore, the whole Middle East turning toward Iran and Russia and away from the US, etc. Obama is doing a wonderful job of pulling the US down.
Exactly. It’s the quality of the payback you deliver that commands respect. This is a chess game and it’s our move. Unleash the hounds in the ranks— who are more creative in a situation like this than Madison Avenue— and enjoy the superior ability of the young American mind to express the universal sentiment that one’s opponent is cordially invited to copulate with himself.