Generational Dynamics World View

[Bob Butler 54]

I'd also note that while we still are involved in incidents, we are sitting harder on people who might get trigger happy.  Iranian small boats will buzz our warships.  Our warships will cruise near islands in the South China Sea.  You are apt get some horn blowing and videos released to the media.  Airplanes fly where somebody might not like them to fly, often intercepted and buzzed closely by other planes.  Such is the language of states these days in sending other states a message about their abilities and readiness to use them.

However, the USS Vincennes shot down a commercial airliner a while ago, and some Russian proxy troops took down another over the Ukraine.  Since then a lot of folks seem more careful about letting their troops actually pull triggers.

It's much safer just to lie.  Trump has sure had lots of practice.