Tony Blair, the new Churchill?

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by dhamsaic
also, since I live in Fairfax and work in Tyson's Corner (not the mall, but right near it)... a nuclear attack on Washington would probably mean a dead dhamsaic. And I'm near 3 major airports. How exciting!

That used to be a concern in the back of my head when I lived in Washington--I live in the capital of the United States...an easy target for an attack. I used to think the same way when I lived in St. Louis, due to the large presence of McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing's defense arm).

In passing, I do think about if I were still living in Washington. As I mentioned in a previous post, my fiance worked in Alexandria (on N. Beauregard near 395) for a government contractor, previous to our moving here. Many of her coworkers went to the Pentagon on a regular basis (thankfully none of them were injured in the attack there). And I suspect I would not have taken the red line home that day from Bethesda.

One of my employees is also particularly troubled by what is going on on the other side of the world as well. His parents live in Indonesia, and he fears if we shift into full-blown war, his parents will become targets, given that they're American. Indonesia is already enough of a mess, so hopefully President Sukarnoputri will keep the peace over there. I can't blame him though...here he is by himself (granted he's about my age, but still) here in Philadelphia and his parents are a world away.

My ultimate hope is that forces can move in, pull bin Laden, and be done with it. Surely, it's idealistic, but not out of the realm of possibilities.