Neither official would reveal just how close the bombers came to U.S. shores.
Keyword "would", which suggests that the officials were asked and knew the answer, but declined to answer.
The report I read said they came closer to our claimed 12 mile limit...like 13 miles or so off the coastline. I'm sure though, with the military making up the official story as it goes, there is some confusion among media outlets...that particular report didn't say how close they got, which seems would be easy enough to tell...suggesting they (military) didn't want us to know how close the russians got to the coast, likely because it was too close for comfort. Seems fighter planes would also be able to tell if the plane was armed, assuming the bombs attach to the bottom of the plane and aren't hidden in a bay, which i'm not sure of...but attempts in the past specifically told us the bombers were
not armed...which means they can tell. Either the media isn't telling us the full truth, or the military isn't telling them...or both.
This is getting real, and even our own media isn't being given the details...or at least being told not to report them. Putin basically poked Obama in the eye with this one, considering he was giving a 4th congrats to Obama on the phone at the exact same time Russian bombers were near our coastline. Putin made a fool of our president, so I expect a move to counter. Seems like at this point, this is becoming a contest of ego as much as it is just flexing.
With this administration hiding actual numbers, and not telling us just how serious the conflict is, americans will not be prepared if the big event ever occures, as a friend of mine put it, we will in fact be completely blindsided. Our youth in particular, who never experienced the cold war, will be more vulnerable to an attack...this just happens to be one of the largest groups of democratic voters in the US. Once again, politicians trade our lives for political support.
I think that most of agree though, that Putin is testing our defenses. Now, why would he be doing this? Something tells me that it's grown beyond just being macho. Why test ones defenses, unless there was a plan to challenge those defenses later on down the line.
