The US Air Force is claiming a “near miss” in the skies of Syria last week, in which a Russian jet that was escorting a spy plane came within “half a mile” of a US warplane. The incident was at night and none of the planes had any lights on.
US Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeff Harrigian chalked the matter up to inferior Russian pilots, saying that it was because the pilot did not have “the necessary situational awareness” and simply didn’t see that there was a US warplane flying around in the area.
The US is eager to hype any such incidents as proof of Russia’s “unsafe and unprofessional behavior” in Syria, though a major factor in this is that the US dramatically curtailed information sharing with Russia in Syria after the last ceasefire failed.
Details on the incident are still minimal, but it was described as happening in “eastern Syria.” This is unusual because, while Russian warplanes tend to operate in that area, where al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front holds significant territory, the US generally does not, and US airstrikes are more or less exclusively in the northwest of the country.
Why do I get the feeling the US military is going out of its way to create a “situation” that can be blown out of proportion and take us where the American people really don’t want to go?
Because, at least since the USS Maine, its kind of been our signature move.
Hillary is praying for an incident to show she’s a big warrior (e.g., neocon warmonger) and who will commence open hostilities with Russia.
Oct 28, 2016 – Putin: US has been hijacked (Part 1 of 2)
Vladimir Putin’s annual address at the Valdai Discussion Club, held in Sochi, Russian Federation. All leading journalists as well as scholars, both Russian and international, are invited to attend – whether they do is another matter.
https://youtu.be/-yMoLN3FH8Y
We have been hijacked by globalist parasites which including our corrupt establishment.
They most certainly have and I have a clear veiw for you as well.
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44864.htm
Can we mention the context that US jets are over Syria illegally & Russian jets are there at the invitation of the internationally recognized government?
No, Washington is not at all interested in mentioning that, heheh…
Hmmmm, let’s see US Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeff Harrigian last I checked the govt of Syria hasn’t given you permission to fly in their air space so inexperience is one thing but total disrespect for sovereignty is another, especially when you haven’t been invited into Syria.
Just a bit of a correction, you are getting east & west mixed up
Yes indeed. It sounds like the US aircraft was getting into SAA/Russian airspace, not the other way around.
Sorry, but there is only ever American airspace, don’t you know.
The incident took place near Deir ez-Zor, an isolated SAA outpost far east on the Euphrates, and the same position that the USAF “mistakenly” bombed and killed over 60 SAA soldiers in September. It looks like Russian airspace extends east clear to the Euphrates. S-400 range certainly does. USAF apology accepted by the Russians.
Original report East Syria was correct.
I don’t think the Russian pilots would have had too much concern about that American aircraft, since the S-400’s over at Latakia would have had it on their screens from the moment it took off to the moment it landed.
Russian MoD has released a text of US appology. I bet that does not get into mainstream media until the first info sunk into the public subconscience.
Of course the United States fails to say that unlike Russian aircraft who have clearance from the Sovereign Government of Syria whose airspace it is, US aircraft are the ones flying illegally under international law in Syria! Hence the fault is entirely Americas as they shouldn’t actually be there!