Is this drive-by-shooting night?
Seen in passing…
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2020/01/how-trump-rebelled-against-the-generals.html
Trump erupted to revive another frequent complaint: the war in Afghanistan, which was now America’s longest war. He demanded an explanation for why the United States hadn’t won in Afghanistan yet, now 16 years after the nation began fighting there in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Trump unleashed his disdain, calling Afghanistan a “loser war.” That phrase hung in the air and disgusted not only the military leaders at the table but also the men and women in uniform sitting along the back wall behind their principals. They all were sworn to obey their commander in chief’s commands, and here he was calling the war they had been fighting a loser war.
“You’re all losers,” Trump said. “You don’t know how to win anymore.”
What Really Felled the Hindenburg?
On the 80th anniversary of the conflagration, mysteries still remain
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/80th-anniversary-hindenburg-disaster-mysteries-remain-180963107/
Its passengers were affluent, and the airship offered great luxury.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-hindenburg-changed-aviation-history-photos-2013-5#in-1936-the-hindenburg-made-many-transatlantic-flights-4
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Scenery
That is an odd name…
Is Payseur connected to Iran too?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/i-can-t-express-the-anger-i-feel-iranian-canadian-says-of-news-iran-likely-shot-down-plane-1.5420976
Payman Parseyan says he's filled with anger at the news his home country's government is believed to be responsible for the deadly plane crash that killed several of his friends.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Thursday that Canada has intelligence from multiple sources that indicates an Iranian surface-to-air missile shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed after takeoff in Tehran on Wednesday. He said it may have been unintentional.
Iranian officials have denied the allegation. Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization, called it "illogical" and "impossible," the semi-official ISNA News Agency reported.
All 176 people on the flight died. Of those, 138 were bound for Canada, 63 were Canadian citizens, and at least 31 were Albertans.
Parseyan, a member of Edmonton's Iranian-Canadian community, spoke to As It Happens host Carol Off. Here is part of their conversation.
How are you taking the news today that this plane was likely shot down by an Iranian missile?
Part of me says this wasn't as much of a surprise as it might seem. Part of me is very angry that this would happen. And most of me is just, like, we're not going to get our friends back. The "why" doesn't matter. It's the "what."