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GogglesPisano 09-27-2014 11:01 AM
Originally Posted by Indy (Post 1735645)
A month after 9/11, I was hunting Osama and killing Al Queda by the hundreds on every sortie! The most gratifying time of my entire career and some of the most fun I've ever had flying.
I wish I could have done that. Certainly beats flying an RJ.

BoilerUP 09-27-2014 12:43 PM
The "off duty cop" that shot the dude in OK actually worked at the plant, he just happened to also be a reserve Sheriff Deputy.

Pogey Bait 09-27-2014 01:17 PM
Originally Posted by Indy (Post 1735645)
A month after 9/11, I was hunting Osama and killing Al Queda by the hundreds on every sortie! The most gratifying time of my entire career and some of the most fun I've ever had flying.
F_?* ya sir! Well done, thank you!

slats fail 09-27-2014 07:18 PM
Originally Posted by Indy (Post 1735645)
A month after 9/11, I was hunting Osama and killing Al Queda by the hundreds on every sortie! The most gratifying time of my entire career and some of the most fun I've ever had flying.
Jebus, where's the frickin like button?

PDTpilotXX 09-27-2014 07:48 PM
Originally Posted by Indy (Post 1735645)
A month after 9/11, I was hunting Osama and killing Al Queda by the hundreds on every sortie! The most gratifying time of my entire career and some of the most fun I've ever had flying.
I would like to buy you a beer. Or 12.

deltajuliet 09-27-2014 08:59 PM
Respectfully, I don't think killing people by the hundreds should be gratifying, whatever the circumstances.

Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 1734645)
I understand your point and agree.

My point is that the basis for this economic harm will originate in the public's irrational fear of death by terrorism. I can distinctly remember reporters shoving their mic's in peoples' faces at the airports a month after 9-11 and asking passengers if they "thought it was safe to fly," (and thereby insinuating -- contrary to the mountain of statistical data proving otherwise -- that it wasn't.)
I'm amazed at how artificial and influenced by society 's whims our economy is. How can something so intangible be so fragile? Of course, if people just went on with their business on 9/12 it would've rendered the attack completely ineffective. They weren't just crashing planes, their goal was a reaction. And they got it. We brought the rest down on ourselves.

USMCFLYR 09-27-2014 09:46 PM
Originally Posted by deltajuliet (Post 1735860)
Respectfully, I don't think killing people by the hundreds should be gratifying, whatever the circumstances.
And you forget that your freedom and way of life are under attack and not guaranteed. Sometimes you have to fight against those who wish you ill (or worse). There are some in this world who don't want to talk or negotiate.

tsquare 09-27-2014 10:35 PM
Originally Posted by deltajuliet (Post 1735860)
Respectfully, I don't think killing people by the hundreds should be gratifying, whatever the circumstances.

He wasn't killing people. He was eradicating vermin.

For the ISIS thugs, they should use napalm.

dtfl 09-27-2014 10:58 PM
Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 1735882)
He wasn't killing people. He was eradicating vermin.

For the ISIS thugs, they should use napalm.
I too was there but in a more covert part of the AF--those folks are savages. Vermin implies animals--they are worse. The things I saw & stories I heard from the operators and buds that hauled prisoners would astound you.

cencal83406 09-28-2014 03:51 AM
Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 1735869)
And you forget that your freedom and way of life are under attack and not guaranteed. Sometimes you have to fight against those who wish you ill (or worse). There are some in this world who don't want to talk or negotiate.

Ah the good old "they hate us because of our freedom". Maybe we should take a long hard look at how the Brits divided up those areas with no regard for the individual tribes that hate each other. Meddling is what got us into this mess.

The only people attacking our freedoms are the ones that we were sleepily voting in to govern us.


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