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Another Fucking Passenger Plane suffers an "accident"

No, I haven't, but this quote is horrible no matter the context.

It was heartbreaking -- I really looked forward to those last three days.
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deacvision7 said:
No, I haven't, but this quote is horrible no matter the context.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say there are probably entire sentences between "It was heartbreaking" and the rest of that quote.
 
Not according to politifact:

"Reagan wrote this in his diary that evening: "We were due to return to Wash. on Labor Day but realized we couldn’t wait so we left on Fri. It was heartbreaking. I had really looked forward to those last three days. When we got in Fri, I went directly to a NSC (National Security Council) meeting re the Soviet affair.""

http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...agan-really-rush-back-dc-after-korean-plane-/
 
Liquid Karma said:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say there are probably entire sentences between "It was heartbreaking" and the rest of that quote.
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You could have just looked it up.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...agan-really-rush-back-dc-after-korean-plane-/

Reagan wrote this in his diary that evening: "We were due to return to Wash. on Labor Day but realized we couldn’t wait so we left on Fri. It was heartbreaking. I had really looked forward to those last three days. When we got in Fri, I went directly to a NSC (National Security Council) meeting re the Soviet affair."
 
To be fair, LK did say he was going out on a limb.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Not according to politifact:

"Reagan wrote this in his diary that evening: "We were due to return to Wash. on Labor Day but realized we couldn’t wait so we left on Fri. It was heartbreaking. I had really looked forward to those last three days. When we got in Fri, I went directly to a NSC (National Security Council) meeting re the Soviet affair.""

http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...agan-really-rush-back-dc-after-korean-plane-/
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If that's the exact quote from his diary, I stand corrected.
 
deacvision7 said:
It was a Russian fighter that shot down the Korean Air 007 as well.

Years later the pilot admitted that he suspected/knew that it was a passenger plane but never told his bosses on the ground "because they never asked."
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Seems like a reasonable approach to take when dealing with matters of life and death.

eta: my wiki post was related to the US shooting down an Iranian plane.
 
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Ball State Deac said:
Well I wasn't sure what to call the separatist that shot down this plane. I was going to say "not the first time a govt. had shot down a plane"
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I guess my point is not to needlessly jab you in the ribs, but rather to point out that I've been alive for almost four decades and never accidentally shot down a jetliner. Logistically, shooting down a jetliner at 32,000 feet is a big muscle movement by definition. Russia is showing a complete and total lack of fear by being so brazen.
 
jhmd2000 said:
I guess my point is not to needlessly jab you in the ribs, but rather to point out that I've been alive for almost four decades and never accidentally shot down a jetliner. Logistically, shooting down a jetliner at 32,000 feet is a big muscle movement by definition. Russia is showing a complete and total lack of fear by being so brazen.
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What does Russia have to fear?
 
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CarlSpackler88 said:
What does Russia have to fear?
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Back when our country leveraged its instruments of power, we used to have the ability to economically isolate international actors who acted against our interests.
 
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