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December 30, 2003
Warplanes?
Since when do we call any kind of plane a warplane? Damn, Reuters is fricking weird! My Way - News
I thought they were called fighter jets!
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The skies above New Year's Eve revelers in New York, Las Vegas and some other U.S. cities will be off-limits to certain aircraft and patrolled by warplanes as part of increased vigilance for terror attacks, the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday.
Somehow, I suspect that no one in the Department of Homeland Security used the heretofor unknown word "warplane". I betcha it's them Reuters folks who think all Americans are 'warmongers'?
The frickin' Reuter's writer goes on to say:
The United States blames Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization for the deaths of nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
Hmmm - we blame bin Laden's outfit, eh? As if they had not already taken credit!! Geeze, Louise. Who pays Reuters? I say, cut them off!
Then, to further clarify what they believe:
Warplanes are often on patrol or on standby in key areas of the country, like the eastern corridor from New York to Washington, when the alert level is raised to orange.
Ends up, Tom Ridge said this:
"We will have in play ... not only temporary flight restrictions over cities but we will have aviation patrolling the skies and on alert," Ridge said on CBS's "Early Show."
Seems that the 'warplanes' term strictly belongs to Reuters.
Indeed
sorry Glen. It works.
Posted by Beth at December 30, 2003 9:24 PM
Comments
Hmmm...
The word "warship" has a long, distinguished history, so "warplane" seems like a logical word to differentiate from the "passenger plane" which is what Osama bin Laden and his murderers used in their attack.
I can understand your consternation, and I'm not saying Reuters didn't have an agenda, but I don't find war shameful if fought for the right reasons, which we are doing now against terrorists.
Posted by: Jack at December 30, 2003 10:04 PM