They didn't seem too concerned at the prospect of shooting down a commercial jet
Who ?
The yanks or Russians ?
Or maybe both
Meant the Russians recently, but yes, both have form...
The world isn't a nice friendly place sadly Al
When the old USSR bankrupted and nearly starved itself back in the late 80's by trying to keep up with the west, the west had a chance to wipe the slate clean and treat Russia like any other nation.
We didn't take that chance and knowing the Russians are absolutely paranoid about everything, we went about rubbing there nose it by pushing east towards Russia's borders making them even more paranoid.
Then we stuck our noses into Bosnia (were atrocities was been carried out by ALL factions) and through NATO, we attacked Belgrade and Serbia (who had very close ties to Russia).
Since then, we let everyone of Russia's neighbours either join the EU, NATO or both
Putin sees the west as a bunch of spineless pussies and he is right so he is going to take back through hook or crook the nations around him so he has his shield like in the Warsaw Pact days and then maybe he will settle down a little.
What has this got to do with Trump You ask ??
Its because Trump isn't picking a fight with Russia like Clinton and every other western world leader
First rule of dealing with a wild animal that's feeling threatened, Don't poke it with a big stick