I LOVE IT – AT 9:17 A.M. ET:  Sadly, Great Britain has cut its defenses repeatedly, under pressure from the part of British politics that is not so great – the British left.  But, even so, the best of Britain retains that English pluck.  And now London is driving Vladimir Putin crazy, while Putin laughs at our own student government in Washington.  From the Express: 

VLADIMIR Putin's military officials are reportedly furious with Britain after RAF pilots were authorised to shoot down Moscow warplanes.

Outraged Russian officials asked UK ministers "to provide an official explanation" of reports that RAF Tornados operating over Iraq have been fitted with heat-seeking missiles designed for aerial combat.

The Russian ambassador in London, Alexander Yakovenko, said he had "urgently requested explanations" of the reports from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

He said: "These reports are worrying, as they refer to senior cabinet members. We have urgently requested explanations from the Foreign and Commonwealth office.

"The very premise of a potential conflict of UK and Russian combat aircraft over Iraq is incomprehensible."

COMMENT:  No, it's not incomprehensible.  British Prime Minister Cameron understands the danger of Russian expansion into the Middle East.  Our own president, who was brought up and nurtured by people heavily influenced by Marxism, just doesn't care.  Hey, we Yanks have to stop thinking of ourselves as special, right?

I wonder what Obama would say if there were a clash between British planes and Russian planes.  Would he take the side of our closest NATO ally, or would he go neutral.  I suspect he'd go neutral.  After all, this is the president who returned a bust of Winston Churchill to Britain at the start of his administration, an obvious snub. 

This is a president who should never have risen above the level of town councilman.

October 12, 2015