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rsmith6621

(6,942 posts) Mon Oct 14, 2013, 07:46 PM Oct 2013

Washingtons Dulles Airport Is Named After a Warmonger [View all]

John Foster Dulles is the single person who got the USA involved and basically committed to Vietnam.

And we name an International Airport after him. We really have great values in America.

This was my history lesson for today. I will never fly in to that airport again.

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Washingtons Dulles Airport Is Named After a Warmonger [View all] rsmith6621 Oct 2013 OP

"Raygun National" appears to be your next best bet n/t IDemo Oct 2013 #1

So you're saying you're not going to fly to Dulles OR Reagan either? Buddha_of_Wisdom Oct 2013 #2

You won't use an airport because of the name? Are you kidding? Throd Oct 2013 #3

Most things in this country are named after one asshole or another. FarCenter Oct 2013 #4

In the south, there's still a bunch of stuff named after Davis/Lee/Jackson/Stuart Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #5

Better not research Butch O'hare if you plan to fly through Chicago. nt hack89 Oct 2013 #6

read the wiki, I guess I missed something ? nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #10

He was a war mongering killer. nt hack89 Oct 2013 #11

ok I thought that might have been it nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #12

That's nothin', I won't step foot into Columbus Ohio legcramp Oct 2013 #7

"The airport was dedicated by President John F. Kennedy on November 17, 1962." FSogol Oct 2013 #8

Washington (the city) is named after a dude who owned hundreds of slaves. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #9

Yep, New Orleans is your only hope. Louis Armstrong. nolabear Oct 2013 #13