Posted on 09/19/2014 5:40:57 PM PDT by WesternCulture
Two U.S. jets intercepted six Russian planes that neared U.S. airspace off Alaska on Thursday and Canadian planes intercepted two Russian bombers that approached Canadian airspace, NORAD reported.
A U.S. official told CNN's Barbara Starr that officials in Washington think the incidents were related to the visit by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who talked to Canadian officials Wednesday and President Barack Obama on Thursday. The United States promised Ukraine $46 million in nonlethal aid for its battle with pro-Russian militants.
The Russian aircraft flew within about 55 nautical miles of the Alaskan coastline and about 40 nautical miles of the Canadian coastline, said Capt. Jeff Davis of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD.
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Why are you so down on my bud Vladimir?
Read my post closely ... it ain’t Vlad I’m criticizing. LOL!
Speaking of Sheriff Arpaio - we were supposed to hear some big news in March. Or was it April?
I’ve been waiting, too!
We paid for it fair and square, it's ours. Detroit is another story: perhaps, as a present to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Canadian victories in the War of 1812, we can give Detroit back to our amis dans le nord.
They haven't violated our airspace yet.
You do know that it was some idiot from SNL who said that, right?
Those interceptors should spook ‘em on into our airspace and shoot ‘em down.
Active Duty ping.
I thought my sister was a well-informed voter until she told me a few weeks ago that she actually thought it was Palin who said that. I could hardly believe my ears, and then set her straight.
She never said that; you’ve obviously fallen for the Leftist Big Lie on that. Find out who really said what.
One of the first questions that I ask people when trying to get to know them is where they get their news from
. and then follow it up by asking where they would never go to for the purpose of getting news (and why). Its astounding sometimes how the answer to such a few simple questions tells me just about everything I would want to know about the individual i.e. what they believe, how they think, how they will react to other comments and various situations, how they will vote, what they believe to be right and wrong
.and so on. It is basically an infallible litmus test. There are a few other quick litmus tests as well... depending on the age of the individual, just ask a few questions involving President Reagan.
She’s a conservative Republican, and doesn’t like what the Republicans have been doing to the party. Very conservative. However, sometimes she gets very busy with all of her responsibilities and just catches bits and pieces, and doesn’t seem to have time to check the story further. I think that’s what happened this time. She likes Sarah, but still thought that she had made the statement. On second thought, she does live in a very liberal college town, so if she reads the local rag from time to time, instead of digging, she’ll be misinformed.
Psssssst! Over here.........
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