I agree with you about Obama. And I think the “events” 10kilo was referring to was the Russian invasion of Crimea. Sorry about the “porten” thing bit that was the autocorrect function messing up.
In my opinion there is no reason for the Us or Europe to get involved on what is basically Russia cleaning house. But it is quite amusing to see you Europeans refusing to see reality as to what Putin is doing. Because of the Wendy’s lackluster response I see Russia being emboldened to act again. If Europe wants to bury there head in the sand and pretend the bear isn’t stirring then that’s just fine too.
But 19k was right about one this. Last month if anyone had stated that Russia would takeover Crimea the majority of you would have said it would never happen.

Hope he doesn’t want Poland to be closer……

Could the Crimea end up part of Russia?

If Russia was to go into Ukraine in force, would the Us and Europe do anything about it other than economic sanctions? I think not.

Nice.

I think Sourh Korea has grown beyond buying second hand warplanes.

If Hawkeye can’t operate off her (can it?) I don’t believe any other fixed wing could. Are there any other FW carrier AEW aircraft out there? I think the Indian Navy will have to stick with helicopters unless the US finally decides to field an Osprey based system.

Why?