Three US Reps. flying over Iraq in a Black Hawk helicopter got quite a scare

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Lawmakers get huge scare in the skies over Iraq

Reps. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.) and Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) were recently on a nine-day trip to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Germany to investigate military healthcare. What they did not tell their constituents about after they came home was the scary ride they encountered while flying in a Black Hawk helicopter in Iraq.

During the flight, the helicopter automatically triggered anti-missile flares. The passengers knew it was not a routine flare firing, explained an aide who was present, but a reaction triggered by a honing radar lock somewhere on the ground. One aide on the trip remarked that he knew what the flares meant and was still frightened. “My butt puckered,” he said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

http://thehill.com/in-the-know/lawmakers-get-huge-scare-in-the-skies-over-iraq-2008-01-24.html

[jody]

1. Could be a staged event so the Reps could brag about being in a combat zone. n/t

[fenriswolf]

2. 2 dems and 1 repub.

[jody]

4. True, but every politician knows the value of combat experience even as a spectator. n/t

[fenriswolf]

5. oh i agree. just saying don't single out the repub.

being democratic is about accountability and we arn't really better if we don't hold our own reps accountable.

[jody]

8. I see your point. I used Reps to mean congresspersons but you assumed I meant Repugs, mea culpa. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. And no one has been bragging about it

I only saw this at The Hill today but it was posted there yesterday. They've been back from this trip since I think the 15th of this month.

[onethatcares]

3. but we're winning and the surge is a great success, just

give us six more months to evaluate it. :banghead: They were extremely lucky only a butt puckered. Now if the insurgents have radar guided munitions, that makes this invasion even more stewpid. Where the hell would radar guided missles come from in that place?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. Where would radar guided missles come from?

From us, of course.