My former boss, Congressman Larry McDonald was on Korean Airlines flight 007 which was shot down by the Soviet Union in 1983. There were 269 on board and that aircraft held together for eleven minutes until it hit the water killing all on board.
This recent episode puts another massive crime right in Moscow’s lap.
I recall that. It was terrible. At least then we didn’t have pseudo conservatives making excuses for the Soviets. Now, with a former KGB man trying to reestablish the old Soviet empire, we end up with too many people who are more pro-Putin than pro-American. May Congressman Larry McDonald, a fine conservative in the old school sense (not the crank new age pro-putin one) rest in peace.
The huge difference is that Pres. Reagan canceled his CA vacation and went back to Washington after the Korean shoot down, giving one of his most memorable speeches to the nation. Now, we have a dunce as president who gives this shoot down 40 seconds at a mediocre photo op and goes on telling jokes. It makes all the difference in the world.
And we, the American people still haven’t been told how many Americans died yesterday, when all the other countries have released information about their citizens. Is our NSA too busy spying on a grandmother’s cell phone calls in Omaha to report on what happened? Or is this information being embargoed so it doesn’t look so bad to have the president fundraising instead of taking care of business?
Eleven minutes! That’s a long time to be in total fear.