We do not get anywhere near to their ships as they do ours, nice try.
Not just talking about flybys, did you miss what happened in the Crimea? Did you miss what is happening in the Ukraine? Do you ignore the fact that Russia has been building their military up dramatically, yet there is no threat to their security? Have you missed the fact that more and more Russian troops are being amassed along the borders of once Warsaw Pact Nations? You can keep on whistling as if nothing is happening just do not be surprised when Putin does what does.
And how do you know that? Blind belief that the US doesn't do anything like the evul Russkies?
Back during the Cold War, this was pretty much an everyday occurrence. Nobody got too worked up about it.
"No threat to their security"
See, that's the problem. Your trying to look at this from an American perspective. And that's just not going to work.
Above all else, Russians, traditionally, have valued strength and respect. Hundreds of years under the Tzar, then sixty years under the communist party, and Russia was always a major player.
Then, after the fall of the USSR, Russia was considered a joke. They couldn't protect their ally the Serbs from NATO. They couldn't stop the EU from expanding westward. They were frustrated.
Putin promises a return to the glory days where Russia
had to be taken seriously, and the public responds to that.
Not even to mention the institutional paranoia that still exists in the country. Operation Barbarossa devastated Russia. The policy of never again is still in existence. Russians see NATO and the EU expanding towards Russia, and they get nervous. The whole point of the Warsaw Pact, after all, was a buffer to keep the fighting away from Russian soil.
I don't see you volunteering to go fight on the front lines of this war you seem to be itching for, however.
