If the Russians parked warships in the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles off our coast, would we be buzzing them?
Could the Russians then shoot down our planes for endangering Russian lives?
Enquiring minds want to know who is setting up all this provocation, the role of Senator McCain, and what is the end game?
You ask some interesting questions. And I’d ask one more:
This Russian buzzing of a US Navy ship occurred in the Baltic Sea. What was a US Navy ship doing in the Baltic Sea?
Certainly the ship had every right to be there, international waters and all that. But I certainly can’t see a reason for it, unless someone is trying to provoke someone else.
Puting is in some trouble over in Russia. He’s driving this BS. The Obama Administration is just stuck in neutral as far as foreign policy is concerned. It’s late in the game for them and they are not going to put the starters back in (not that they were any good).
I think the military, specifically the Joint Chiefs, because there is a little room to maneuver now. Witness the “Freedom of Navigation” cruises past the Chinese man-made islands. The reaction to the Russian buzzing (which BTW happened to the same vessel when it was operating in the Black Sea with NO reaction).