OpinionApril 8, 2001
LETTERS: CHINA IS HOLDING U.S. PERSONNEL AS PRISONERS
To the editor: I cannot believe the United States and the news media are allowing China to place the blame on us for the plane incident. No way can a four-engine propeller plane outmaneuver a fighter jet. Why was a fighter jet flying so close to our plane? It seems, without a doubt, that the fighter pilot was hotdogging and trying to intimidate our pilot and got too close...
Buddy Parrish
To the editor:
I cannot believe the United States and the news media are allowing China to place the blame on us for the plane incident. No way can a four-engine propeller plane outmaneuver a fighter jet.
Why was a fighter jet flying so close to our plane? It seems, without a doubt, that the fighter pilot was hotdogging and trying to intimidate our pilot and got too close.
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We should not let China sell its story unchallenged. China is holding our men prisoners, and we should make it known to the world.
BUDDY PARRISH
Cape Girardeau
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