Editor: I haven’t written your publication before because I let you slide on most things, but when I noticed that you had Commander Dave Koss, formerly Flight Leader of the Blue Angels listed in the “LOSERS” column, I had to call you on it. To have achieved what he has in his Naval career to even make it as a fighter pilot, then to the Blue Angels and then as Flight Leader, I think that he has accomplished great things. I am not in the military and never have been, but am very appreciative of their efforts and sacrifices.
Surely you have some idea of the discipline required to achieve such a ranking. Okay, he made a mistake, potentially deadly, but he corrected it in time to save his life and that of his team. Do you have other information other than this that qualifies him as a loser?
If you’ll remember, years ago, the Thunderbirds, that’s the flight team of the U.S. Air Force, were in a similar situation in which they followed their flight leader right into the ground. I don’t purport to know all of the circumstances surrounding that event, but it sure ended in tragedy, which was not the case here except for the quick end of a promising career as a Blue Angels pilot. I I am sure Commander Koss feels badly enough, but you want to label him a “loser”: a person who has put his life on the line for our country and whose record is “probably” exemplary otherwise (were it not he wouldn’t have been assigned to the Blue Angels).
I think your paper would do better to pick a different person as a loser, certainly there are many from which to choose, and you could probably start with the person impersonating the president of the United States who continually degrades our country and apologizes for our past successes, embarrasses us at foreign affairs,, and I could go on.
Pick a real loser, but when you point a finger at someone else, remember there are four more fingers pointing right back at you.
Respectfully,
J. Michael Robinette