administration as weak. sending b-52s through the disputed air space is better than nothing. that was an old plane, unarmed, not combat survival against a real air force, really if there s a threat to u.s. carriers then those planes need to be escorted by u.s. military aircraft. and the other aspect of this is that china is not skilled at no-fly zones. so, would what you re doing is you re setting up a real risk opportunity. or you re not? china s been engaging in risky behavior and this will only add to that. they ve picked fights with literally all of their maritime neighbors, including or also india, as well. land neighbor. border dis350u9s with every single one of them. they re pushing the periphery in cyberspace against us. and this is on top of all the theft of intellectual property and defense secrets, so this is a belligerent nation undergoing a bit of a leadership transition still on the tail end of that. and all of this reckless behavior could, you know, frankly lead
that all of these events put together make it more likely that netanyahu would engage in a preemptive strike against iran s nuclear facilities? i think it s trending that way, gregg, and that s what s so dangerous. look, president obama said in israel just last month that all options were on the table and that he has put a credible military threat, option on the table vis-a-vis iran. but compare the two situations. the united states is pulling carrier battle groups out of the persian gulf region while we re sending b-52s, naval assets, stealth bombers as well as antimissile defense systems to the korean peninsula and the pacific. that sends a message that we get the north korean threat and want to send a message to pyongyang, but netanyahu is watching obama pull assets out of the gulf region which is leaving israel feeling very much alone, and that is a dangerous situation given the current moment with iran.