The sound of the roaring jet engines is both noisy and reassuring, because I know that the men piloting these sleek, powerful planes are training in order defend their country, if war should ever break out.
Let's hope good sense comes to the leaders of communist China someday soon, and the sooner the better. No Taiwanese military pilot wants to buy a "one-way ticket" to China, as Minnick characterized the professional cynicism that sometimes prevails among defense analysts.
Dan Bloom
Chiayi



