[technomage]

Sorry, since this is a lib telling the story, and they cannot tell the truth about anything at all, I really question this story.

[MeanWestTexan]

Don't you know the pilot did it just to knock Sen. Anti-Military around a bit?

I sure would have.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

She didn't publicly announce her flight plan in advance so everyone in Iraq would know about it??? /sarcasm

[frog_jerk_2004]

They should have thrown her out as chaff...

[mgc1122]

From "the things I wish could be said" file ... Sorry, Senator ... we forgot to put the big honking sign on the outside of the aircraft identifying it as us having an anti American aboard.

[pabianice]

Poor baby. That's what happens in a war zone, stupid.

I guess the enemy didn't know not to Dis Diane.

[BlkConserv]

Now why would peaceful terrorists target someone who sympathizes with their movement?

[Damifino]

My guess is the action happened before she boarded the plane. Where the pilot performed evasive maneuvers trying to duck the assignment of ferrying her lame carcass around.

[bmwcyle]

Make the plane lighter. Throw the Senator out.

[TRY ONE]

Confucius say: Flying Dianne Feinstein upside down will have crack up!

[Lijahsbubbe]

How long do you think Feinstein would survive as a Muslim woman with her big yap? Liberal fool.

[OwnershipSociety]

Damn! Wasn't the pilot in on the conspiracy?

Get us that Wellstone pilot!

[Redcloak]

She should write a ban on antiaircraft missiles. That would fix the problem.

[johnb838]

Just another example of how we can't even control the airspace around Jessica Lynch International, for cripes sake. We should PULL OUT NOW! (and fire Boooosh, who I blame)

[Eagle Eye]

Sheeeeeeeit......the Corkscrew is SOP going in and out of BIAP. If she was in a 130 there is almost no way she'd have seen any light anywhere that could have been interpreted as a missile flash.

So this happens to her and it is big news.

This happens to us all too often and it is just another day at work. What a wuss.

[EA_Man]

The pilot then began taking what Feinstein described as -- "extraordinary evasive action."

As opposed to "ordinary evasive action"?

[OhMike]

I know two things:

One: The pilot flying that plane is a better man/person than Feinstein will ever be.

Two: She may have soiled her didies when this happened (if it happened), but he risks his life doing it every day--to make the world safer for all of us. I wonder if she appreciates that.

[politicalmerc]

I think the pilots were messing with her. Wanted to see if she would pee her pants. I would have.

JH

[Semper Paratus]

She would have had a smoother ride if she sat in the middle of the plane.

[Allegra]

The senator told the station that shortly after take-off, she could see light flashing through portholes on the side.

Chill out, Di. It's just not that unusual here. I've done the C-130 thing out of Baghdad and back in and never bothered to look out of the portholes.

I've been on Chinooks and Black Hawks flying across Baghdad (and will do that again very shortly) and have seen the light flashes and our miliary shooters' reactions. (Guess what? More light flashes...just closer up.)

It's a war zone, Di. It happens. Quite a bit. If you can't handle it, don't come here.