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September 11: When Israel Landed in Wichita

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Wichita's Eisenhower National Airport USA Today  says it is one of the best airports in the nation. When the F.A.A. made the decision to immediately ground every non-military flight on September 11, 40 passenger airliners and seven cargo flights landed in Wichita as it is a high-capacity airport with long runways. The interesting story is  here .  I wish to focus on one aspect of the story because it relates to some of the unfortunate division in our nation today.  A small portion of the 47 planes that had to immediately land in Wichita One of the flights that landed in Wichita was Israel's EL AL Airlines' Flight #005 to Los Angeles. Most None of the passengers had never been to America's Heartland before, some had never been to the USA before, and some of them didn't speak English. According to news coverage, many of the passengers were afraid to land in Wichita because they were concerned the great people of our city would be anti-Semitic and/or would 'blame...

An Editorial Comment

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Says The Atlantic. It has been in business 108 years.  Says the excellent satire site The Babylon Bee  with an editorial comment (upper left) from Instapundit.  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize and she dedicated it to President Trump for his assistance in their fight for freedom. While I often write about the workings of government, I rarely write about politics (it bores me and takes up too much of our societal discourse). This is an exception. Whether the peace agreement holds or not, President Trump deserves tremendous praise for his peace efforts in the Middle East during both of his terms.  Worst. Hitler. Ever.