U.S. officials: Russian Submarine Sailed in Gulf of Mexico Undetected for Weeks

For those readers too young to remember the so-called cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States of America or the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962, you may be wondering, using the vernacular of VP Biden, “what’s the big F-ing deal with a Russian submarine entering the Gulf of Mexico?”

The Washington Free Beacon reported on August 14 that a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks.

Now who do you suppose might have invited our Russian friends to play with their nuclear-powered attack submarines in the United States’ backyard?

But first, let's recap a couple a few of the facts:

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 U.S. strategic waters was only confirmed after it left the region.  Where was the U.S. Coast Guard?  That's a pretty big fish to go undeteced for weeks.

What about the Department of Homeland Security?  Where was Janet Napolitano at some frat house party?

Below is A file photo taken in Brest harbor, western France, on September 21, 2004, showing the Vepr Russian nuclear submarine of the Project 971 Shchuka-B type, or Akula-class (Shark) by NATO classification, the same type as the Nerpa Russian nuclear submarine.

For all of you cynics out there, I am—of course—aware that Obama has "reset" U.S. relations with this one-time enemy.  And I am keenly aware that Obama has discussed campaign strategy with Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev several months ago, right before Medvedev left office.

The risk of another war with Georgia, a former Soviet Union satellite is certainly not “bloody likely.”

Then again, it isn’t as though Russia, under its current president, Vladimir Putin is yuckin’ it up with many  sworn enemies of the United States and our closest ally in the Middle East.

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