Saturday was the Army-Navy game here in Philadelphia.. I was taking my son to karate practice at about 9:45 am, when he yells “DAD, LOOK AT THE BIG PLANE!” When I looked, I saw Air Force One approaching from the Southwest and banking steeply above us at no more than 4,000 feet. The plane then swung crazily around, and back West toward the airport.All I could think of was how cavalierly the plane was being operated, and the likely carnage on the ground that would have ensued if the pilot had made a mistake. The old saying “a fish rots from the head” comes to mind. I had little thought for the passengers on board, who were no doubt the instigation for such behavior.
A couple of days prior, we were overflown by squads of military helicopters, and of course during the game we could hear F-18s overhead.
“I believe my wife and two babies and mother-in-law are in heaven with God,” Yoon said at a news conference afterward. “Nobody expected such a horrible thing to happen, especially right here, our house.”
Yoon said he bore no ill will toward the Marine Corps pilot who ejected safely before the jet plunged into the neighborhood two miles west of the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. “I pray for him not to suffer for this action,” Yoon said. “I know he’s one of our treasures for our country.”
Maybe Mr. Yoon is a better man than I - I really don’t know. But my reaction would be much different.
When The Emperor Moves
On Lew Rockwell’s blog today (YAY!);
re: More Pentagon Homicides
Writes Vince Daliessio:
UPDATE: This was the reaction of the father come home to find his family all killed by the government;
Maybe Mr. Yoon is a better man than I - I really don’t know. But my reaction would be much different.