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To: S100 who wrote (96996)	4/5/2001 5:38:14 PM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 152472

S100. Whatever happened was unintentional whether it was reckless or not. I would guess that the US would not have made such comments unless it can provide China with candid close p shots if airmen during intercepts, The good thing that can come from this is some agreement concerning best practices during intercepts. Whereas one person was lost during this misshap, it could have been many more. I am sure that the Chinese value these intercepts as a realistic training exercise --that is the way the US would look at them. I would bet that the Pentagon HAS muddied the diplomatic waters with its comment that the Chinese pilots were poorly trained. Talk about loss of face. Some poor airforce leader over in China will catch it if the facts demonstrate this to be correct. Have you noticed how the Military always has to find a scape goat? And it would be the US pilot if the Pentagon couldn't blame the Chinese airman. As it is, many ex mititary blame the pilot for not dicthing the plane at sea - so he may be fried either way.