>>>>http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/02/us/us-spy-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
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>>>>So an US spy plane gets highlighted and then hightailed (or is "tailgated" the proper expression) and flees over the territory of a neutral country, without permission. Then five days later it happens again. Ouch.
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>>>>The funny thing is this happened just one day after MH17 was taken down... and everybody stayed silent until the Swedes published it.
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>>>I don't see why they needed to divert into Swedish airspace.
>>>The RAF have been tracking Russian planes over the North Sea for years
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>>You're right, spy planes are business as usual. I view Russia turning up the publicity machine over this particular plane as payback for the U.S. trying to put international heat on them over Ukraine.
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>But you're viewing an empty scene. Russia kept mum, US kept mum. Nobody knew until Swedes published.

Oddly enough, that is directly on mark with the world view of a Swedish mystery writer named Henning Mankell. I have been devouring his books during my convalescence. His main character is a provincial Swedish police inspector named Kurt Wallander, a man who is both tortured and hopeful. He struggles with his demons and keeps going. He reminds me a lot of myself.