It's me you should be complaining to, Baha, not Dennis. I get my news from a wide variety of sources - both libearl and conservative - so I can have an educated opinion. I'm not ulta-nationalistic. I feel I have the right, along with other citizens, to bring up the wrongs (and rights) of the government. It's the old "I can talk bad about my mother but you better not" I took offense at your statment "Feel good, feel patriotic, invade other nations, fly AA.. that's the spirit" because basically what you were saying was this was a gimmick for AA to get good publicity. It wasn't - it was a US citizen showing her appreciation to the troops who defend our country. David R > Dennis, > I may not have my US passport yet, but I am resident of US, not Turkey. > I pay my taxes in US, not in Turkey.. I love both countries, I love certain > things in Turkey better than US and vice versa. > > The attitude of "If you don't like it, leave it" .. or "you should > never critisize the country" belongs to Saddam era Iraq, not to the > "Freedom loving " as was put by our beloved (insert sarcasm) President. > > Certain things in life makes you blind to the real truth: > being a die hard fan of a football/soccer team, being ultra nationalistic > and getting your news/truth from a single source. :) > > To make this thread related to aviation and airline related , > which wasn't to start out with, I would like all the airliners > to bring our troops back, and that would be heck of a New Year's > Eve present to this land.. > > BAHA > Fan of domestic 744 service , on UAL but of course :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:58 AM > To: The Airline List; Bahadir Acuner > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Returning Soldiers Sample Home Turf > > > You sarcasm is not welcomed here, Baha. If you don't like this country, > then get the hell out of my country! > David R > > Feel good, feel patriotic, invade other nations, fly AA.. > > that's the sprit.. > > > > I was reading something similar to this on Wall Street Journal > > few days ago. It was an editorial article about how Iraq was > > better off, good place to live, etc. etc. (i.e. bunch of crap) > > > > Then I get The Economist in my hand.. Still a conservative magazine > > but a magazine that I love reading every line of it.. There is > > an interesting article about how DoD contracted a company to > > establish the new Iraqi TV, and how people are so sick and tired > > of US led propaganda TV that everybody decided to get sat. dishes > > and decided to watch Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia.. > > > > BAHA > > Fan of freedom