EgyptAir Crash...

[Long Run]

Someone from my neck of the woods, RIP mate.

Real people, real loss. These stories nearly always seem remote.

[Lord Jim]

Apparently this time, they actually have found debris from the plane:

Debris from the missing EgyptAir flight has been found floating in the Mediterranean, Egyptian officials say.

Flight MS804 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it vanished early on Thursday.

Egypt's army spokesman said wreckage and passenger belongings had been found 290km (180 miles) from Alexandria.

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said a body part, two seats and at least one suitcase had been found.

The items were found slightly to the south of the area where the plane disappeared from radars on Thursday, Mr Kammenos said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36339614

[RayThom]

TERRORISM: Proof positive.

[Scooter]

You see, that right there...that is EXACTLY what you DON'T want to see a president do during a crisis.

[Bicycle Bill]

You see, that right there...that is EXACTLY what you DON'T want to see a president do during a crisis.

Exactly.  Without any proof, no debris, no nothing to go on he jumps in and guarantees that this was the result of a terrorist act (at least he didn't stick his other foot in his mouth and add "by ISIS").  We shall see, although it does appear that he may have gotten this one right despite his penchant for talking first and thinking second.

However, I have to think back to the Oklahoma City bombing.  Knee-jerk reaction at that time was that the attack was committed by Middle-East (Islamic) terrorists, and several instances of vigilante actions or lynch mob-type attacks against people who in some cases merely *APPEARED* to be of suspicious origin were reported before it became clear that the attack was instead an act of domestic, home-grown, anti-government hotheads.

But let's say somehow Trump does win the Presidency and something like the OKC bombing or the Boston Marathon bombing happens while he's in the White House.  I can see it now — before the dust even settles he's on TV, full of bluster and bullshit, bad hairpiece and all, guaranteeing that it's a terrorist act by (fill in the blank) "and if anyone doesn't believe that it was a terrorist attack ... you're 100 percent wrong", and launching retaliatory strikes against a supposed enemy that may not even exist.

Do you really want to trust this country to someone who is so ready, willing, and able to go off half-cocked?

-"BB"-

[MajGenl.Meade]

You see, that right there...that is EXACTLY what you DON'T want to see a president do during a crisis.

True - but he isn't the President. He's a potential candidate. Those people do whatever they wish to do. Then once they reach the presidency, their tune can become a lot different. Case in point: Obama (and I'm thinking here of how he's disappointed Democrats, not Republicans).

[liberty]

The plan turns one way then the other……………..vertical stabilizer?

[Econoline]

I don't think Trump's plan has any kind of stabilizer, vertical or otherwise.







Oh, wait...

[MGMcAnick]

Do you really want to trust this country to someone who is so ready, willing, and able to go off half-cocked?

Nope.