  REUTERS/Jason Reed  President Barack Obama said in a
television interview Wednesday that Russia realizes the U.S.
military is "significantly superior" and does not want a
military confrontation with the U.S.  Asked in an interview by
CBS News' Major Garrett about the provocative act of a Russian
fighter plane "buzzing" a U.S. Navy ship in the Black Sea over
the weekend, Obama said the world "understands the superiority
of our military."  "And the Russians understand that. They're
not interested in any kind of military confrontation with us,
understanding that our conventional forces are significantly
superior to the Russians,'" Obama said.  "We don't need a war.
What we do need is a recognition that countries like Ukraine can
have relationships with a whole range of their neighbors. And it
is not up to anybody, whether it's Russia or the United States
or anybody else, to make decisions for them."  Obama said
Russia's government and President Vladimir Putin were behind
pro-Russian separatists who have taken