This April 9, 2014 US Air Force handout image shows a B-2 stealth bomber taking off during a base exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The US Air Force has deployed two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to a British air base for exercises with North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The deployment, which the Pentagon said was pre-planned and short-term, comes against a backdrop of tension with Russia over unrest in Ukraine. AFP PHOTO
Red lines haven’t been kind to President Obama. When he warned Syria’s Bashar Assad against using chemical weapons, Assad used them anyway. When he warned Russia against seizing Crimea, Vladimir Putin went ahead and annexed the place.