While the political rhetoric has been hot since the January 29 collision of a US Army helicopter and a civilian airliner killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport, little has been said as to why military helicopters are even operating near that crowded airspace. Despite the claims of “national security needs,” the reason for these dangerous flights is to serve as a mundane air taxi provision for DC’s political elites. According to the New York Times:
In other words, readers are supposed to believe that flying a US Senator from the Capitol to the Pentagon so that person can avoid DC’s notorious traffic makes everyone else “safer.” Likewise, it supposedly is vital to fly a mediocre four-star military careerist to the Capitol so he or she can lobby Congress for even more money instead of letting that officer ride on surface streets. And so on.
Despite the appeal to a one-time event—the 9/11 assault on the Pentagon—it is the very rare occasion when the safety of all Americans depends upon using helicopters to ferry people around Washington. For the most part, the emergency plans are aimed at protecting privileged government officials, such as the infamous plan during the Cold War to house Congress at The Greenbriar in West Virginia in case of nuclear strikes on Washington. All others outside the VIP bubble are on their own.
Let’s see all of the bodies to make sure that they were actually involved in a mid-air collision! I am not believing a word of what happened, coming from the state or the state’s mouthpieces. I am going to call bullisht on this accident. I don’t think it was an accident after viewing the video of the air traffic controllers view of the situation. The helicopter looked like it was purposely and deliberately flown into the other aircraft. It even changed course to make sure of a mid-air collision, a super rare event. So, was this an op or an accident? Only the discerning will know.