{"id":1903461,"date":"2023-03-22T20:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirby-calls-russian-pilot-who-hit-us-drone-an-idiot\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T20:31:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:31:34","slug":"kirby-calls-russian-pilot-who-hit-us-drone-an-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirby-calls-russian-pilot-who-hit-us-drone-an-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby calls Russian pilot who hit US drone an &#8216;idiot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkirby-calls-russian-pilot-who-hit-us-drone-an-idiot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1903461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79508056\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n            <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"At least three civilians killed and 20 hospitalized in Ukraine from Russian drone strike: Kyiv police\"><br \/>\n            <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"At least three civilians were killed and 20 hospitalized after a Russian drone strike hit a dormitory building in the area around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Ukrainian police said early Wednesday morning. Police and emergency personnel evacuated more than 200 people, according to Andriy Nebytov, the head of police for the Kyiv region. One part of the dormitory building was almost completely destroyed, and a fire started. 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This follows the recent award that<br \/>\n      <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a><br \/>\n      presented to the pilot for bringing down the drone.\n   <\/p>\n<p>Kirby, who is a former Navy admiral, indicated that the award was both &#8220;insulting&#8221; and &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; He claimed that Russia must have a &#8220;different definition&#8221; of bravery.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      <b><br \/>\n         <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/us-drone-hit-by-russian-pilot-unrecoverable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US DRONE HIT BY RUSSIAN PILOT &#8216;SANK TO AN UNRECOVERABLE DEPTH&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n      <\/b>\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      Kirby noted, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know of another military, another air force in the world that would award a pilot for smashing into a drone. If that&#8217;s bravery, then I guess they&#8217;ve got a different definition of it. It&#8217;s ludicrous. It&#8217;s insulting. In the Navy I grew up in, you don\u2019t want to hit anything. Hitting anything&#8217;s bad for you. I have no clue why they would give a bravery award to a pilot who was, at worst, maliciously putting himself and U.S. property at great risk and, at best, just a fool.&#8221;\n   <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n               <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                  National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                  Susan Walsh\/AP\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n      <br \/>Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the pilots with the Orders of Courage award on Wednesday.\n   <\/p>\n<p>The award was given following U.S. reports that a Russian fighter jet had collided with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone last week. The drone&#8217;s propeller was damaged, and it fell into the<br \/>\n      <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sea<\/a>.<br \/>\n      According to a spokesperson for the Air Force, the drone is not recoverable due to its deep location. However, all sensitive data, including U.S. intelligence, was deleted.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      Russia indicated that it had prevented a U.S. aircraft from entering Russian airspace by engaging with the drone. However, U.S. officials have maintained that the drone was flying in international airspace and fell into international waters.\n   <\/p>\n<p> The Pentagon shared footage of the crash that occurred last week. The video displayed a Russian Su-27 jet closing in behind the drone as fuel was released. The camera briefly stopped after contact was made. When it resumed, the propeller showed significant harm.\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      <b><br \/>\n         <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><br \/>\n      <\/b>\n   <\/p>\n<p>\n      Kirby argued that while the United States might never know the intent of the pilots involved, the incident, by all indications, was an &#8220;intentional harassment&#8221; and &#8220;intentionally aggressive&#8221; action.\n   <\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>\n      Secretary of Defense<br \/>\n      <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Austin<\/a><br \/>\n      stated that this move was the latest in a series of risky actions by Russia, although it was the first time a Russian pilot had collided with a U.S. drone.\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/kirby-calls-russian-pilot-downed-us-drone-idiot\">&#8220;Kirby calls Russian pilot who hit US drone an &#8216;idiot'&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House national security spokesman John Kirby called the pilot who downed a U.S. drone last week &#8220;an idiot&#8221; on Wednesday. The comment comes after Russia rewarded the pilot for downing the drone. Kirby, who was an admiral in the Navy, called the award &#8220;insulting&#8221; and &#8220;ludicrous.&#8221; He said the country must have a &#8220;different<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1903462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3755,11948,9025,14738,7879,9531,3965],"class_list":["post-1903461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-calls","tag-drone","tag-hit","tag-idiot","tag-kirby","tag-pilot","tag-russian"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}