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The Russian fighter made 12 passes at 500ft..............12............and the U.S. Destroyer did not respond. After the first pass, the Captain of the U.S.S. Donald Cook should have activated his 'Phalanx Defensive Cannon' and neutralized the fighter. That would have sent a strong signal to Putin that we mean business and won't allow a threat to put our crews in jeopardy. What the Russians are doing is taunting putative president Obama, something that would never have happened in this situation under Reagan, Bush 1 and 2 or even if Palin was president. They are making this putative president look extremely weak on the international scene and it is a utter embarrassment to us all. In 2016 we need a strong pro-military president who will use common sense and take a strong stance on agression around the world when peaceful nations are threatened by hardline goverments.]
Well, we can certainly agree that there is much that should cause utter embarrassment in the OP, anyway.
It will get much more exciting as Putin testes the Will or lack of it. The Captain was probably order to not engage of even fire a warning burst. The rules of engagement are most likely very thought out from the White House.
Its almost like the Cuban Missile Crisis when our DD (Destroyer ) Shot a warning shot over the bow of the Russian Freighter and JFK then directly communicated directly with that Captain.
No one wants to go to war Period, but as they say chit happens! that said, no we do not want to go to war. However I have to doubt at all that Putin is testing the water, he knows that we are weaker then ever, so see how far he gets.
Under those circumstances no sane president would have given an order to shoot down that jet.
Can you imagine the enraged outcry from the rightwing if that had happened? C-D wouldn't be able to contain their outrage. And for once, I would have agreed with them.
As it is, this thread is just another excuse to bash the president. YAWN!
OP is confusing a real life situation versus a video game scenario.
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