UAL 906 departed SFO at 10:55 on the nose, and yours truly got and exit row seat 20 H. It was cramped, but the experience was made better by reading Bob Woodward's book Obama Wars. What an excellent read! Obama Wars is one of Bob Woodward's best works.
Obama Wars Is Excellent
It paints a picture of a President Obama up against a "group think" of military operatives bent on maintaining a presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, particularly General Stanley McChrystal and General David Petraeus.
Obama Wars also portrays an Afghanistan such that one wonders what the hell America's doing over there, anyway? According to Woodward, that region has an active opium trade, a bribe-oriented culture, and is a terrorist hotbed. What we have tried to do is remedy all three aspects of their culture, rather than one.
That's a massive waste of time.
But the book wasn't.
We Landed Safely!
Back to the flight, the pilot, who's name I did not get, was responsible for the best landing ever. Well, under the circumstances. In the approach to O'Hare, the Boeing aircraft was shaking more than usual because of the wind and rain. Lightening was flashing by so often you could not help but wonder if the plane was going to be hit.
It didn't happen.
Now, I'm eating dinner at The Hilton O'Hare Airport and watching ESPN Monday Night Football: Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers. Well, because both flights to Atlanta were cancelled, and the would-be connector to Dulles was delayed so repeatedly I figured I'd miss the Atlanta flight all over again, just in Washington.
I'm better off.
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