Anybody else get an eerie feeling that an accident is just waiting to happen around Syria?

[Waldorf]

"The U.S. military has had to divert two aircraft over Syria to ensure they could maintain a safe flying distance from a Russian fighter aircraft in the same area, according to Captain Jeff Davis, Pentagon spokesman."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/politics/u-s-diverts-aircraft-to-avoid-russian-fighter/index.html

[dorkzilla]

1. I got chills when I heard that this evening so, yes! nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. I think Putin feels an incident will be to his advantage.

He wants to tweak President Obama's nose and prove the US Super Power is a has been paper tiger.

[doc03]

3. It is bound to happen and that nut case Putin may

want one.

[GreatGazoo]

4. this thing is bigger than Syria now. Russia is ready to bomb inside Iraq

The US seems to be trying to come up with a new angle and try to keep a foothold in this war.

If the Russians wipe out ISIS then the US has no excuse to bomb and fund insurgents inside Syria.

The Iraq thing is whole other wrinkle...

Iraq leans toward Russia in war on Islamic State:

Iraq may request Russian air strikes against Islamic State on its soil soon and wants Moscow to have a bigger role than the United States in the war against the militant group, the head of parliament's defense and security committee said on Wednesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/07/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-russia-idUSKCN0S112120151007

So that is Assad and Iraq saying they would rather be bombed and invaded by the Russians.

[leveymg]

5. All Air units in the area have exchanged Friend or Foe transponder codes.

They are unlikely to shoot each other. More likely to collide, considering how crowded the airspace over Syria has become. There's an effort to make this seem like more of a US-Russia conflict than it actually is. The intended audience is the primary third-party, KSA, which the US and Russia would like to see cut funding to ISIS.

[jeff47]

7. And MSF reported the location of their hospital. (nt)

[Major Nikon]

6. Not really

Anytime the US is running air ops they are going to have an AWACS aircraft in operations with a crew directing traffic.