Senators in Emergency Landing

AP ^ | February 21, 2008

[afortiori]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Helicopters carrying three senior U.S. senators made emergency landings Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm. Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft. No one was injured, according a statement from Kerry's office. The senators and their delegation returned to Bagram Air Base in a motor convoy, and have left for Turkey.

"After several hours, the senators were evacuated by American troops and returned overland to Bagram Air Base, and left for their next scheduled stop in Ankara, Turkey," the Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan."

The lawmakers were on a trip this week that included stops in India, Turkey and Pakistan, where they observed the elections earlier this week.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively, and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska.

[afortiori]

Dare I say the experience will be "seared, seared" in their memories.

[New Perspective]

You were so close to being the first to post this, you only missed it by 4 threads.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Kerry has just filed for another Purple Heart.

[samadams2000]

Amazing that no one asks, “Why the hell are Senators flying around the world on our dime?”

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Wow, this is about the 5th or 6th time today that Kerry, Biden, and Hagel had ane emergency landing. The skies over Afghanistan must be REALLY rough. Tough to be them today...

;)

[ronnie raygun]

If they would have went down were they all eligible for a purple heart? Being in combat and all!

[gunnedah]

They all will get a “Purple Heart!”

[Responsibility2nd]

“Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan.”

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Sen. Flip-Flop. What he really meant to say was American troops could either work hard in school or “get stuck in Iraq.”

[smoothsailing]

Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan."

Gag me.

[BARLF]

After several hours, the senators were evacuated by American troops and returned overland to Bagram Air Base, and left for their next scheduled stop in Ankara, Turkey," the Kerry statement said. "Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan

These a-holes should stay home, they caused these troops a lot of trouble for nothing.

Besides Kerry thinks the troops serving in this war is a bunch of dumbies that should have stayed in school.

[OKIEDOC]

Thank goodness none of the military people or the helicopter were hurt.

[a_different_conservative]

We were this close to having our first payoff from global warming.

[Bender2]

As I look up... I see the first three turkeys have exited the helicopter.

[Argus]

"Sen. Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan."

His exact words were: "Not since the days of Jenghis Khan has a foreign army done such an incredible job on Afghanistan."

[Red_Devil 232]

The chopper crew set up a folding table. Set out the tea service and served scones to the elite Senators. Then ran like heck to avoid the incoming!

[WestTexasWend]

So...Kerry, Biden & Hagel are rescued by an Afghani tribesman, who puts them on his burro and starts for the nearest U.S. base. Several times, they are met by troops in pickup trucks, but instead of stopping to offer help, they shout something in the local language and drive on. Each time this happens, the tribesman stops the burro, goes around to the back and lifts its tail. Finally, they ask what he’s doing. “I’m trying to understand it myself,” he says. “Whenever your troops pass, they shout: ‘Look at the three assholes on that burro...’”
(credit to an age-old but still satifying Aggie joke :)

[FR Class of 1998]

Just like that time with the CIA in Cambodia on Christmas!

[oblomov]

Did they get hats?

[Loyal Buckeye]

LOL. How appropriate.

[Mr. Brightside]

lol!!!