I’m going to take a break from dunking on the left’s hysteria and myopia to dunk on some of my own peeps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some, broadly conservative, are howling with rage that a Russian “fleet” – a frigate, a submarine, a replenlishment ship and, uh, a fleet tugboat<\/em>, have been exercising in the Caribbean<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It marks the largest show of force by the Russians with their longstanding ally Cuba in many years. The US assesses that the Kazan does not have nuclear weapons on board, a US official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The vessels will carry out a five-day official visit to the Caribbean island \u2013 a show of Russian force just 90 miles from Florida as tensions rise between the US and Russia over the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n And some – again, broadly right of center – are losing their minds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n First: back in the ’80s, this sort of thing was confined to “days ending in ‘Y'”. Overflights, reconaissance planes approaching our ships and aircraft, Soviet spy ships and subs parked off American ports? Unless shots were fired<\/a>, it was all in a day’s sparring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And – they brought a tugboat. Because today’s Russian ships are as likely to break down as fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, it’s probably more an opportunity than a threat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n