General George Patten once said “you cannot trust the
Russians”. OK, I omitted the foul
language so it’s a paraphrase rather than a quote.
A US
news outlet reported that a Russian Akula-class nuclear-powered attack
submarine operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for
several weeks. The stealth underwater
incursion in the Gulf took place at the same time Russian strategic bombers
made incursions into restricted U.S.
airspace near Alaska and California
in June and July. Its presence was
confirmed only after it left the region.
The US Navy thus far has made no comment on the story. There is nothing to be gained by providing
any information to the Russians that corroborates or refutes the news item. The
information cannot be corroborated in open source materials.
Akula-class submarines are quiet, by reputation. The Russians have flown strategic bomber
missions against the US
this summer. This is the first news item
to suggest the bomber flights occurred during a submarine operation in the Gulf
of Mexico. It is plausible that
it was just a coincidence, but I doubt it.
I bet General Patten would also doubt it.
In Seoul on March 26, Obama was caught on tape assuring then–Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s "right hand man", that he would have “more flexibility” after the U.S. presidential election. He stressed that this would be “my last election” — implying that once that chore was out of the way he would no longer need to worry about voters and what they think.
What was Obama promising to be more flexible about? The microphone picked up the phrase “these issues — but particularly missile defense.” Putin, of course, has long insisted that the U.S. leave itself permanently vulnerable to a Russian missile attack, that the U.S. not utilize its cutting-edge technology to protect people and property from offensive missiles that might be fired by Russians.
In Seoul on March 26, Obama was caught on tape assuring then–Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin’s "right hand man", that he would have “more flexibility” after the U.S. presidential election. He stressed that this would be “my last election” — implying that once that chore was out of the way he would no longer need to worry about voters and what they think.
What was Obama promising to be more flexible about? The microphone picked up the phrase “these issues — but particularly missile defense.” Putin, of course, has long insisted that the U.S. leave itself permanently vulnerable to a Russian missile attack, that the U.S. not utilize its cutting-edge technology to protect people and property from offensive missiles that might be fired by Russians.
The Liberal media persistently get this wrong. They talk about Putin’s “fears” that American missile defenses would be “aimed” at Russia. But American missile defenses can be aimed at only one thing: missiles targeting America or America’s allies. You aim a spear; you don’t aim a shield.
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