It’s a testament to the U.S. military that no amount of equipment is more valuable than a single airman’s life. https://t.co/nAuwzovtnK
— Armchair Admiral 🇬🇧 (@ArmchairAdml) April 5, 2026
all of this reminds me of the story in Michener's Tale of the South Pacific, about a rescue of a pilot
the effort to save a downed pilot (or 2 downed pilots) is not new.
In Tales of the South Pacific, James Mitchener has a short story, the Milk Run, about a similar rescue effort in World War II:
We wasted the flying time of P-4o s, F4U s, and F6F s like it was dirt. We figured the entire mission cost not less than $600,000. Just to save one guy in the water off Munda. I wonder what the Japs left to rot on Munda thought of that? $600,000 for one pilot. Bus Adams took a healthy swig of whiskey. He lolled back in the tail-killing chair of the Hotel De Gink. But it s sure worth every cent of the money. If you happen to be that pilot.
Start at page 78.
the story vaguely resembles this real life rescue of a downed pilot, where air support kept him safe until a submarine arrived to rescue him.
as for those who are against the war: Think of the alternative.
Even the Iraq war's alternative history is horrifying to anyone who unlike CNN knew the murderous Saddam who killed his own people would quickly re purpose his factories for WMD and get back those he sent to Syria.
It is like Gaza: weaponizing compassion so you let those who plan to kill you survive. And deliberately putting missiles and weapons in civilian areas so that civilian casualties can be blamed on those trying to destroy munitions. And of course don't forget all those reporters who are members of Hamas get their stories published as if they were true.
Pretending that Iran would not use a bomb against their enemies might be correct, except that they have spent billions to arm militias in Yemen, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq to destablize the Middle East, and having a bomb would stop anyone from stopping them.
Up to now, the threat of blocking oil kept the west from stopping them.
we won't see anyone bothering to note that removing the US acting as the world police will result in a lot of bad things happening.
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