US Says Russian Plane Menaced Them

We should all probably be paying a lot more attention to the war situation.

CBS News:

A U.S. surveillance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea was intercepted by a Russian fighter jet on Wednesday, the Navy said in a statement. The 6th Fleet said the Russian SU-35 flew within 25 feet of the  U.S. P-8A Poseidon plane in an “unsafe” high-speed, inverted maneuver, putting the American “pilots and crew at risk.”

“While the Russian aircraft was operating in international airspace, this interaction was irresponsible,” the statement said. “We expect them to behave within international standards set to ensure safety and to prevent incidents.”

The Navy said the incident lasted approximately 42 minutes and the crew of the U.S. P-8A aircraft reported wake turbulence following the interaction.

This is dumb, of course. The idea of Russia “encroaching” on the US as the US does massive military drills in Poland, steals the Ukraine and so on, is just silliness. The point is that they’re printing it.

There’s a minimum of a 50-50 chance that this entire thing is leading up to a war against China and Russia. Certainly, there are a lot of people who are clearly trying to make that happen.

I’m not going to make any predictions, because people who make predictions about wars look like assholes. Just like people who make predictions about economic collapses. Those people are all gloating about it now, but they have spent the last 5 decades saying the economy was going to collapse.

Just so with anyone who predicts wars. Eventually, all the wars are going to happen. And I’m not going to be the asshole saying “I predicted this” on that one.