Okay, let me preface this with:

1. I agree the pilot was a moron who is lucky to be alive.

2. I am not in any kind of conspiracy theory type of clubs.

However, what if this was some kind of test of our response to this type of situation? Given that one report is that the two men involved were supposedly not authorized to take out the plane, it seems rather suspicious to me.

Even if it was not a test per se, haven't we now shown that our response is to not shoot down a plane that violated air space (TWICE!).

I don't want to second-guess what the response was - there was probably not nearly enough information available at the time of the incident.

I'm just wondering what all of you think about how we just sort of "showed our hand" and that the message may have been that, yes indeed, you can violate no-fly space like this.