A close call in Iraq leaves me wondering ‘what if?’. What if this attack had succeeded?
Congressional sources confirmed late Thursday that a military transport plane carrying three Republican senators and a Democratic representative was attacked by either missiles or rocket-propelled grenades after taking off from the Baghdad airport.
Sens. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., Mel Martinez, R-Fla., and Rep. Robert E. “Bud” Cramer, D-Ala., were uninjured after their C-130 transport plane took evasive measures and dispatched flares to avoid the incoming fire.
Shelby recounted the incident in a conference call with reporters. “I saw the red glare of a shell or a missile coming up toward our plane,” he said, “Then I saw a flare pop out and our plane just started moving and changing directions and trying to move.”
I’m pleased that the congressional delegation escaped with their lives, but I can’t help but wonder what effect it would have had if they had not.
Almost certainly it would have been blamed on iran and we would have then gone over and nuked ’em.
hadn’t thought of that possibility.
Almost certainly it would have been blamed on iran and we would have then gone over and nuked ’em.
Absolutely.
Would have been a huge production, they would have been “Iranian-provided RPGs” and tied to Al-Qaeda.
And we would probably be seeing the Preznit on TV along with Fox Noise screaming, demanding we kill us some Raghead Sunzabitches(tm).
I dunno about nukes, but we’d be bombing them for sure before that September report.