[Aussie Dasher]

Putin is a real worry. Once a commie, ALWAYS a commie.

[LIConFem]

Ah, the good old days...

[Leatherneck_MT]

Gog and Magog

[econjack]

He is a worry, but my guess is that a lot of his posturing right now is to solidify his political position in his own country, especially with the military who generally think its leadership has gone “soft” on the West. I also think the military misses the “good ole days” when they were a real political force within the Soviet Union.

[Loud Mime]

Putin is a real worry. Once a commie, ALWAYS a commie.

And if he gets a fellow traveler in the White House.....

[FormerACLUmember]

Lots of deaf young Russians: The obsolete Tu-95 Bear is perhaps the noisiest plane ever built. Its crews are all stone deaf after a few missions. It is so damn loud, US submarines pick up its sonar profile underwater.

[JohnA]

Are airplane engines like car engines where, if you don’t use ‘em. the seals dry up and the engines are at risk of self-destruction?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

What’s next, will Putin paint “CCCP” on the sides?

[American_Centurion]

I think he may be trying to revive the cold war as a little “pay back” on us.

He thinks he can hurt us economically by making us spend cold war style while we are engaged in an expensive war on terror.

He is mistaken. He’s pissing away his oil funds playing a game in which we will, ultimately, hand him his azz.

He may be a shrewd politician but he obviously can’t count.

[FormerACLUmember]

Crack Russian pilots in their scary Tu-95 Bear:

[Lockbox]

He would’ve sent 20, but only 14 started............

[johnny7]

Russia sends out 14 long-haul bombers

Wonder how many will make it back...

[50sDad]

“Look at us! Look at us! We are just as powerful as in the Good Old Days when our land holdings were twenty times larger, and not only that, but we have Lenin in a big glass box! Look at us!”

[Brad from Tennessee]

[“In 1992, Russia unilaterally ended flights by its strategic aircraft to distant military patrol areas (Putin said). . .Unfortunately, our example was not followed by everyone.”]

As if they had a choice in 1992. They were so broke they couldn’t fly a hot air balloon.

[AppyPappy]

Meanwhile, the trains are blowing up in Russia

[puppypusher]

It’s time for the U.S. Congress to approve more spending on the F-22. I think that would be a message the Russians would get loud and clear.

They need to know that just because we are involved a the so called war on terror,we will be keeping a wide eye on Russia’s activity and there is only so far we will let them go.

By the way the Reason I call it a So Called war on terror is I believe that this is really a proxy war sponsored by Islamic nations against the west.There agents are all of the terrorist entities that we hear about on a daily basis.

[RightWhale]

The US has been sending out patrols for a while. It’s getting a little more active in the world of nuke bombers.

[EternalVigilance]

Russia sends out 14 long-haul bombers targets

There, fixed it.

[Bringbackthedraft]

One would think that having a population of approx. 150M to defend an area that covers 12 time zones, the least of his problems would be those coming from his west.

[kempo]

Does Putin have a bad case of “the little man’s complex”, or is it just me?

[GoldenPup]

"....and I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll bloooooooow your house down..."

Yeah, sure...stick a sock in it !!!

They originally stopped flying those missions because they were bankrupt. Let's see how long it takes them to go broke again. The sooner, the better. Jerks!!!