OPINION:
Before the Packers/Buccaneers game last Sunday, Troy Aikman and Joe Buck commented disparagingly about the taxpayer expense of a military flyover of a stadium seated to 25% capacity. Mr. Aikman said that under a Biden-Harris ticket, “that stuff ain’t happening.” What I find so bizarre is these two men are making a living commenting on the abilities of grown men to play a game we all played in adolescence. When I was on active duty and a jet flew over, buzzing our position so low that the deafening sound of their engines wouldn’t be heard untll well after the aircraft were beyond us, we would all look at one another and someone would holler out, “The sweet sound of freedom!” followed by rousing rounds of “Oo-rah”s.
Had I been in the booth with these gentlemen on the afternoon of the game, I would probably have said something along these lines: “You know, guys, the patriots flying those jets are not up there because they decided they wanted to fly today and just burn up a bunch of taxpayer money. They’re up there because they were ordered to be up there, doing what patriots do no matter the inherent danger involved or the insignificance of the mission (entertaining NFL fans). They are putting on a display of patriotism for an organization whose employees would rather bend a knee than stand for the national anthem. And you two jokers want to talk about what Biden-Harris would do. I think the officer who approved the flyover ought to send NFL chief Roger Goodell a bill for the flyover — and you two should pay it.”
TIM BIBLE
West Salem, Ohio
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