Something We Need To Be Watching?

Here's something that is not getting much media attention.

Hey folks,

Why? Did you hear about this? Turns out a Russian Sub has been located in the Gulf of Mexico? Same time Obama is cutting funding to Anti-sub Defense Systems. Coincidence? Or stupidity? Which is worse, I do not know.

Look folks. I have been warning you that Putin never went anywhere, and that he would once again hold the Reins of Russia. I have told you how he longs for the days of the Cold War and how he wants the USSR back.

We know he has been friends with those that are at war with us. We know he is taken past USSR territories back, restoring the secrete police, and is starting to sound the trumpet against US.

What is worse? The Media is reporting NOTHING. Here is the story...

Red October redux? John Cornyn demands answers from Pentagon on Russian sub in Gulf of Mexico

This story hasn’t gotten much traction in the mainstream media, but Texas Sen. John Cornyn has been on it all week: Russian submarine activity in the Gulf of Mexico.

After receiving no satisfaction to earlier comments to the media, Cornyn wrote a letter today to Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the Pentagon’s Chief of Naval Operations, demanding answers.

“The submarine patrol, taken together with the air incursions, seems to represent a more aggressive and destabilizing Russian military stance that could pose risks to our national security,” Cornyn wrote. “This is especially troubling given the drastic defense cuts sought by President Obama, which include reductions in funding for antisubmarine defense systems.”

The story has received relatively little attention since appearing in the conservative media outlet The Washington Free Beacon. According to the original report by longtime military correspondent Bill Gertz:

A Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks and its travel in strategic U.S. waters was only confirmed after it left the region, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

It is only the second time since 2009 that a Russian attack submarine has patrolled so close to U.S. shores.

The stealth underwater incursion in the Gulf took place at the same time Russian strategic bombers made incursions into restricted U.S. airspace near Alaska and California in June and July, and highlights a growing military assertiveness by Moscow.

Cornyn, a San Antonio Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, says the report is “especially troubling given the drastic defense cuts sought by President Obama, which include reductions in funding for antisubmarine defense systems.”

A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Lieutenant Commander John Fage, dismissed Gertz’s report.

“We are aware of the reporting but we see nothing to indicate that it is true,” Fage told the Houston Chronicle.

True or not, do you think someone should be checking it out? We know the Government lies. Especially this Regime. So the Media should be doing their jobs and reporting this? Correct?

Here’s the complete text of Sen. Cornyn’s letter:

Dear Admiral Greenert:
According to press reports, a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine recently traveled undetected in the Gulf of Mexico on a month-long patrol. This submarine activity reportedly occurred in June and July, simultaneously with incursions by Russian strategic bombers into restricted U.S. airspace.

If these reports are accurate, the repercussions are serious. It is my understanding that an Akula-class submarine can be armed with an array of weapons, including torpedoes and long-range cruise missiles, capable of destroying both U.S. nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.

The submarine patrol, taken together with the air incursions, seems to represent a more aggressive and destabilizing Russian military stance that could pose risks to our national security. This is especially troubling given the drastic defense cuts sought by President Obama, which include reductions in funding for antisubmarine defense systems.

In light of the gravity of this situation, I request a detailed explanation of the facts surrounding these reports. Thank you for your faithful service to our nation, your dedication to our Armed Forces, and your commitment to ensuring the welfare of our men and women in uniform and their families.

If this is not true, then the mainstream media has a duty to report it. "There is a story out there of a Russian Sub in the Gulf of Mexico. Yet, after intensive investigations, we have found this to be false." OR, "There has been a report out there of a Russian Sub in the Gulf of Mexico. After intensive investigations, we find this to be credible. We addressed this with the Obama Administration, here is what they said.

What do we get? Romney and Ryan hate women and want to take away their rights. {Sigh}
Peter