Made Sense To Me

A few years ago, a friend of mine told me that most of the problems we were dealing with at the time, was because John Wayne died.

"Say what??"

He went on to explain "just as a for instance"......hostage taking became fashionable by the Iranians just AFTER the "Duke" had passed away. (Remember the Ayatollah). Now, I happen to be a HUGE John Wayne fan, but had to chuckle at his remarks.

"Laugh if you want to Mike, but listen to this hypothetical scenario...............suppose you were a Russian fighter pilot......."

"Ok.....I'll suppose that....."

"Here you are, flying a MIG-25 over the Bering Sea, on your way to nuke the White House. Secret mission. You're flying low, over the waves to avoid radar tracking, and as you enter U.S. air space, you're still hugging the terrain to avoid detection."

"Ok, I'm still with you....."

"You crest a northwest mountain range and as you do, you see this great big guy on a horse. He's got a patch over one eye, a Colt in one hand and a Winchester in the other, reins of his horse in his teeth. Because he is WELL known the world over, you immediately know who he is, and what he'll do if you keep coming!

What are you gonna do, Mike.........press on and get your butt kicked, or turn that MIG around and go home, pilgrim?

...........made sense to ME!..........

I think there was a moral in that story, because there WAS a time in America, when we HAD that kind of respect from the rest of this planet. There was actually some backbone in Washington D.C., and except for the hippies, not all that many folks looked at things through rose colored glasses. (Actually, on things like the Vietnam fiasco, the hippies WERE right).

Seems like forever ago, but a LOT of things made sense to me back then. In a way, I'm glad the "Duke" isn't around here anymore. So is HE, most likely.

OOPS...........my deepest regrets if I've somehow offended any Iranians out there.