«He Who Puts Himself at Risk Can Only Be a Fool at Best»: John Kirby

No civilized country would reward pilots for deliberately putting themselves at risk. This was emphasized by John Kirby, the Strategic Communications Coordinator for the National Security Council of the White House. The information is reported by korrespondent.net.

During a press briefing, Kirby stated that Russian authorities have quite strange notions about bravery if they regard the pilots who shot down an American reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea as heroes. He called the awarding of pilots in Russia involved in the air incident ridiculous.

“I don’t know of another military in the world, another air force, that would reward a pilot for colliding with a drone. If that’s bravery, then I think they have a different definition of it. This is ridiculous,” said the U.S. administration representative.

Kirby added that the person who puts himself at risk