DANGEROUS STUFF – RUSSIA RESPONDS TO OUR SHOOTDOWN OF SYRIAN PLANE – AT 9:38 A.M. ET:  And tensions continue to grow in a region that is already a tinderbox.  From Fox: 

Russian officials on Monday threatened that their country would treat U.S.-led coalition planes in some parts of Syria as targets after the U.S. military shot down a Syrian Air Force jet on Sunday.

Russia's defense ministry said planes flying in Syria, west of the Euphrates River, would be considered targets.

The news came one day after the first time in history a U.S. jet shot down a Syrian plane – and the first time in nearly 20 years the U.S. has shot down any warplane in air-to-air combat.

The last time a U.S. jet had shot down another country’s aircraft came over Kosovo in 1999 when a U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle shot down a Serbian MiG-29.

On Sunday, it was a U.S. F-18 Super Hornet that shot down a Syrian SU-22 after that jet dropped bombs near U.S. partner forces taking on ISIS.

Russia's defense ministry also said Monday it was suspending coordination with the U.S. in Syria over so-called "de-confliction zones" after the downing of the Syrian jet.

COMMENT:  The Russians wouldn't even be in Syria had American weakness, under Field Marshal Obama and Grand Admiral Kerry, not created a power vacuum.  We pay the price for Obama's amateurish foreign policy. 

Trump must stand his ground, and not give an inch to Moscow. 

Isn't it interesting that this is coming at a time when the president is under investigation for possible collusion with Russia during the election campaign?  That investigation may influence his decisions now, which is why investigations of sitting presidents are so dangerous...unless they're actually based on something real.

June 19,  2017