The drone was in international waters.

What would we be saying if Iran or China was just within international waters closest to the US engaging in routine maritime surveillance?

I know.

Soviets used to do that all the time.  I think we would just wave hi.

Probably flying next to them, keeping them distracted, and jamming the shit out of their electronics.

over, not in.

We would not be shooting at them.

Why is it liberals are always defending the terrorist nations?

Sorry, I thought it was a submarine drone.

A more fitting comparison would be 30 Iranian military bases surrounding the US on both the Canadian and Mexican border.

Kind of like this:


Gee, I wonder why they want nukes to feel safe. They're part of the "axis of evil" after all and the North Koreans already have nukes. No one will attack them.

Anyone remember what happened to the other part of the axis of evil that didn't have WMD?

This guy knows the answer.

Then you must feel real empathy for Israel.

I'm sure our country has slaughtered far more innocent people in other countries than Iran.

That is what he did in Pakistan.  He wrote a letter.  He also wrote a letter to Bin Laden.  Bin Laden immediately committed suicide.

Liberals, always blaming America first.

Why are conservatives always rooting against America?  Why do they attempt to emasculate their president?

And the US did to the Soviets with routine spy plane flights off the west coast of Russia in international air space. Part of the game.

Blame? All I'm doing is viewing world fairly....not as if I'm KING OF THE HILL!

hahaha

There is actually quite a bit of a difference.  We're on "friendly" terms with South Korea.  Japan.  Philippines.  Isreal. Saudia Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  Other than perhaps Venezuela and Cuba, neither of those nations have an equivalent alley in North or South America.  If they were to fly stuff in international waters around those two nations, we'd do nothing but keep an eye on them.

That's not funny!  When Bush wrote a letter to Bin Laden, Bin Laden used it as toilet paper.

That's because the key is how the letter is delivered.

No, you are blaming your country. Own it.

That's what liberals do.

Many might say that brainwashed idiotic conservatives are always blaming everyone who isn't them.

To be fair...

They MAY have been trying to miss...

Maybe. 

Obama taped his to the front of a bullet fired from a Seals gun.

I think Bush sent his via carrier pigeon.

Blaming what?

I did consider that possibility.  But why?  it makes them look bad and I think they have the ego to NOT want people to know this.

They'll probably deny shooting at anything or claim they were successful.

He was more concerend with OBGYNs practicing their love with women all across the nation, plus getting human being and fish to coexist peacefully also required his full attention. Don't hassle the Bush!

Strong and adaptable people seek to better understand their faults, and find ways to improve upon themselves.

Weak people blame others.

This list isn't entirely accurate on Iran's part (they support Hezbollah for instance, and those have killed some Israeli civilians), but I'm sure everyone can see a tendency here. Iran hasn't started a war in 250 years and there is no indication that they have plans to start any wars in the future.

Whenever the regime isn't threatened by the West and can't use us as scapegoats, they are more than busy keeping their own youth from overthrowing the theocracy of old men.

Only weak people blame others?
Is saying that you inherited a problem from someone else considered placing blame?

Would have been "in" if the Iranians could shoot accurately.

We used to shadow Russian ships and planes whenever they were close, I do not recall us shooting at any.

This was an act of war and the administration chose not to disclose it till after the election.

There were a couple of dozen shoot-downs, although mostly it was the Soviets shooting down Americans violating Soviet airspace.

Well, perhaps you should do some research.

http://sw.propwashgang.org/shootdown_list.html
http://suite101.com/article/soviet-and- … 991-a15047
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_to_air … SSR_and_US

EDIT: Oh, and let's not forget this little incident in which the United States shot down an Iranian aircraft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vincennes_(CG-49)

Scanned those cites and did not see ANY where US aircraft shot at Russian planes off of our coast. Most were near Iron Curtain countries. Yes the Vincennes was an unfortunate accident and what happens when you put a  lot of military hardware in a small area with hightened tensions and short reaction windows.

Yes and there were some subs lost too during the Cold War, maybe that is why the word "War" was used?

If you use it as anything more than context for your efforts, then yes.