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Author: TriSec    Date: 09/11/2012 10:21:29

Good Morning.

Today is our 3,9992nd day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do: with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,114
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,059

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1, 371, 694, 150, 000. 00




We'll start on the home front this morning. We're all aware of TBI and PTSD, but there's been some research done in Boston about TBI leading to vision issues. It's just the tip of the iceberg, and researchers here are working hard to identify more soldiers with the issues and more importantly, how to help them.


JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. —
National Guard member Robert Harrington, serving in Iraq in 2004, was driving fellow soldiers to go on leave when his truck was attacked. He was knocked out by the powerful explosion.

"I don't remember much of it," said Harrington. "I thought I was just shaken up, but later on, I found out that I was diagnosed with traumatic brain injury."

Four years later and back at home in Winchendon, Mass., something still wasn't right.

"I couldn't read," said Harrington. "I would get headaches. I wasn't able to focus on the words."

Even worse, doctors couldn't find anything wrong.

"They checked my eyes and said, 'No, you have 20/20 vision,'" said Harrington. "I didn't know what it was. You begin to think that, you know, maybe it's me. Maybe I'm going crazy."

Eventually, Harrington found his way to the Veterans Administration, where researchers are uncovering a lesser-known, scary reality of traumatic brain injuries: vision problems.

"The studies range from 38 percent of soldiers with traumatic brain injury having visual impairment all the way up to 66 percent of soldiers," said Dr. Jennifer Gustafson, a staff optometrist at the Veterans Administration.

The VA estimates that there are nearly one million veterans coping with severe visual impairment. Among the newest generation of vets, most haven't been diagnosed or treated. Gustafson only sees those numbers climbing.

"I do believe a whole lot of them have been missed," said Gustafson. "We are going to see an increase in the number of these visual impairment cases."


Staying in Boston on the medical research front, there's another story out there about premature aging among our soldiers. I would imagine that war is a traumatic thing, even if you aren't at the tip of the spear. A friend of mine that is a Vietnam Veteran is currently battling two cancers, but then on the other side of the coin, we buried my great-uncle earlier this summer at the age of 92, and he fought in the Pacific during WWII. Nevertheless...researchers are somewhat alarmed that war might be making young bodies old.


BOSTON — A litany of physical or emotional problems spill out as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans make their way, one by one, to the 11th floor of a VA hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood.

The tragic signs of post-traumatic stress disorder or battlefield concussion are all too evident. Even more alarming for researchers is emerging evidence that these newest American combat veterans — former GIs and Marines in their 20s and 30s — appear to be growing old before their time. Scientists see early signs of heart disease and diabetes, slowed metabolisms and obesity — maladies more common to middle age or later.

“They should have been in the best shape of their lives,” says William Milberg, a Harvard Medical School professor of psychology and project co-director. “The big worry, of course, is we’re going to be taking care of them until they’re in their 70s. What’s going to happen to them in the long run?”

The research is in its early stages, and scientists with the Department of Veterans Affairs are rushing to understand it. If what they’re seeing is a form of early aging, it seems most common to those with both blast-related concussion and PTSD — about 30 percent of the veterans being studied in a long-term research effort. There is even imaging evidence of diminished gray matter in high-functioning areas of the brain, changes that shouldn’t happen for decades, if at all.

Scientists say their theory may not be proved until they can study these veterans over the next few years, and it remains unclear how these findings might impact policies on the length and number of combat deployments.

However, the Army, mindful of the strain, is allowing troops more time between combat deployments — something possible as the war in Afghanistan winds down — and have shortened deployments from a year to nine months. The numbers suffering brain injury and PTSD continue to grow. The Pentagon says that since 2000, 244,000 servicemembers have suffered traumatic brain injuries ranging from mild to severe, both in and out of combat. Since the 9/11 attacks, the VA has treated about the same number of war-era veterans for PTSD.

“We’re looking at people who are going to be having cognitive problems much earlier than they should be having them,” says Regina McGlinchey, a neuropsychologist and project co-director.



Finally this morning, we'll go across the pond and visit briefly with the Royal Family. Much was made last month about young Prince Harry's escapades not quite staying in Vegas. As it turns out, he was likely acting like a young soldier headed off to war and blowing off steam. Which does make me pause and wonder for a minute. Love or hate the Royals, nearly all of the males in line for the throne have done their bit in the service. Most of them haven't chosen easy jobs, both of Prince Charles' children fly helicopters, and he himself was also a pilot and commanded a Destroyer. (Hell, even the queen learned how to fix trucks during WWII.)

President Obama's children are too young to serve, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of them chose a service academy when the time came. Beau Biden might be a lawyer, but he went to Afganistan. Where are Mitt Romney's five sons? (I would assume Paul Ryan's children are also too young; he gets the same pass as the President.)


CAMP BASTION , Afghanistan — Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, flew into southern Afghanistan on Friday to begin a four-month combat tour as a gunner for an attack helicopter.

The 27-year-old who has made headlines around the world for his partying is returning to Afghanistan for a second tour. He will start work as an Apache co-pilot and gunner within 10 days in the country’s restive Helmand province, the British military said.

It is a definite shift from last month, when embarrassing naked photos emerged of Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room playing strip billiards.

Looked relaxed if slightly tired, Harry gave a thumbs-up Friday after a long journey on a troop carrier flight from England to Britain’s Camp Bastion, a sprawling desert base close to the town of Lashkar Gah.

Capt. Harry Wales, as he is known in the military, wore his combat uniform and joined his 100-strong unit — the 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.

Britain has around 9,500 troops in Afghanistan, mainly based in Helmand province, and has suffered 425 deaths since the start of operations against the Taliban in 2001.

“Prince Harry, like any soldier, considers it a great honor to represent his country in her majesty’s armed forces wherever it chooses to deploy him,” St James’ Palace said in a statement. Harry did not speak as he arrived in Helmand.

The prince’s previous posting as a battlefield air traffic controller in Afghanistan in late 2007 and early 2008 lasted only 10 weeks. It was cut short after his secret deployment was made public.

With that, he became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands conflict with Argentina in 1982.


And I know what today is. The only commemoration planned is simply flying my flag, although today is the only day of the year I pray for low clouds and drizzle; nor do I look up when I hear a plane.
 

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Comment by BobR on 09/11/2012 11:54:57
It's been 11 years. Time to let go.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/11/2012 11:56:43
TriSec, thanks for a great blog. I am mildly surprised at the premature aging issue, although stress will bring about many illnesses. I am remembering the anniversary with some quiet reflection on the past. Let me share something from the New York Times that shows evidence that the Bush administration was more negligent than previously thought. It seems that there were many warnings, but the neo-cons were already focusing on Saddam Hussein.

The Deafness Before the Storm


By KURT EICHENWALD
Published: September 10, 2012


IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history.

On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, Al Qaeda. That morning’s “presidential daily brief” — the top-secret document prepared by America’s intelligence agencies — featured the now-infamous heading: “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” A few weeks later, on 9/11, Al Qaeda accomplished that goal.

On April 10, 2004, the Bush White House declassified that daily brief — and only that daily brief — in response to pressure from the 9/11 Commission, which was investigating the events leading to the attack. Administration officials dismissed the document’s significance, saying that, despite the jaw-dropping headline, it was only an assessment of Al Qaeda’s history, not a warning of the impending attack. While some critics considered that claim absurd, a close reading of the brief showed that the argument had some validity.

That is, unless it was read in conjunction with the daily briefs preceding Aug. 6, the ones the Bush administration would not release. While those documents are still not public, I have read excerpts from many of them, along with other recently declassified records, and come to an inescapable conclusion: the administration’s reaction to what Mr. Bush was told in the weeks before that infamous briefing reflected significantly more negligence than has been disclosed. In other words, the Aug. 6 document, for all of the controversy it provoked, is not nearly as shocking as the briefs that came before it.


Intelligence reports should not be shaped by ideology, but on evidence. I believe that a Gore administration would have taken the threats seriously.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/11/2012 12:00:51
In response to a request from Raine on yesterday's blog, I am reposting this and adding to it.

Quote by Raine:
I am still trying to figure out everything with the Chicago Teachers strike. But I gotta say this: Romney should probably shut up about this.

He's taking the same stance as Rahm. He is siding with Rahm Emmanuel.

I would like for Will to chime in on this story.



I will agree that Romney should be quiet. The wise speak of what they know, and Romney is merely trying to attack teacher's unions and unions in general -- one of the bastions of support for the Democrats.

The two sides have some key differences, involving benefits, salary and how teachers are rated. Please check Key issues separating Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union for details. I would argue that there is a great deal of concern that teachers will not be paid for years of service and that test scores will figure greatly into teacher retention.

Personally, I dislike the strong emphasis we have on testing as many schools teach to the tests. We need to emphasize critical thinking skills and knowledge that the students will need to succeed in class beyond the tests and in the larger world. Similarly, many teachers are wary of Rahm Emmanuel, a strong friend to lower paid charter schools that can kick students out of their schools and back into the general system.

As of right now, the Chicago Tribune reports: Teachers strike expected to go into 2nd day. There has not been a strike in 25 years. During this time, teachers have seen class size rise and building conditions deteriorate. (Teachers also want to get a schedule of when some schools will get air conditioning as classes for year round schools started on a day when it was 94 degrees.)

I hope that the strike is resolved soon, but Romney is being a political opportunist.

Let me add a summary of the teacher's concerns and a full report from the union that addresses the teacher's concerns. (Kudos to Nicole Sandler for posting this on her site.)

Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/11/2012 12:02:46
Quote by BobR:
It's been 11 years. Time to let go.


I remember and mourn, as I do with YomHaShoah, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust. I think that quiet reflection on what might have been is important. Similarly, we need to ensure that first responders and others who need health care receive it.

Comment by BobR on 09/11/2012 12:49:52
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by BobR:
It's been 11 years. Time to let go.


I remember and mourn, as I do with YomHaShoah, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust. I think that quiet reflection on what might have been is important. Similarly, we need to ensure that first responders and others who need health care receive it.

I refuse to be wounded or scarred. The 10 year anniversary was the end for me. No more.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 12:56:38
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by BobR:
It's been 11 years. Time to let go.


I remember and mourn, as I do with YomHaShoah, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust. I think that quiet reflection on what might have been is important. Similarly, we need to ensure that first responders and others who need health care receive it.

I refuse to be wounded or scarred. The 10 year anniversary was the end for me. No more.



I am with you on this, Bobber. The gross amount of what I call 9/11 porn on cable this week is disgusting. Ten years of fear and hand wringing was more than enough.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 12:58:35
I wrote this September 12, 2011.

I still feel that relief. This morning I went out side, Looked up, listed to the planes taking off at national airport, and saw not a cloud in the sky. The temperature seems the same coolness as 11 years ago. I felt gratitude in my heart.



Comment by wickedpam on 09/11/2012 13:07:35
Morning

Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 13:23:06
Hell, Challenger still bothers me and that's been 26 years.

I wasn't there, but one of my friends was in the North Tower and miraculously lived to tell the tale.

It's for him that I still give pause.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 13:28:37
There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All this places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more
In my life-- I love you more


Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 13:35:14
http://www.topekapant.org/Kitten_Puppy.gif



Awww look an the cute babies!

Comment by Scoopster on 09/11/2012 13:57:02
Mornin' all..

Well I've done my duty - and voted for None of the Above.

Comment by Scoopster on 09/11/2012 13:58:18
Comment by Scoopster on 09/11/2012 14:08:31
BTW there was a decent discussion panel about the intelligence failures leading up to 9/11 on Morning Joe today. Be warned that there's some clips of El Chimpo in this segment.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 14:17:44
Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 14:20:54


I dunno Scoop...this feels like Martha Coakley all over again. Of course she's supposed to win. You're next door; you've seen the ads. They're great for a national campaign. But this isn't a national campaign.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 14:27:13
Quote by Scoopster:
BTW there was a decent discussion panel about the intelligence failures leading up to 9/11 on Morning Joe today. Be warned that there's some clips of El Chimpo in this segment.



There is a fantastic article in "Foreign Affairs" that just buries the intellegence failures myth. Mondo sez check it out. It's tastee wonkery!

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 14:37:01
This is just odd... On the New York Yankees FB page, they captioned a photo with these words:

Let's pause and take a moment to remember those tragically lost on September 11, 2001.
With this picture:











https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/487489_10151071910477781_325936349_n.jpg




Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 14:39:46
Quote by Raine:
This is just odd... On the New York Yankees FB page, they captioned a photo with these words:

Let's pause and take a moment to remember those tragically lost on September 11, 2001.
With this picture:










https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/487489_10151071910477781_325936349_n.jpg




Que?

Comment by wickedpam on 09/11/2012 14:42:39
Stop Eating Your Phone!

Comment by Scoopster on 09/11/2012 15:01:19
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/486645_10151199732277629_1364777010_n.jpg


Now that's fightin' dirty!

Comment by wickedpam on 09/11/2012 15:03:03
Quote by Scoopster:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/486645_10151199732277629_1364777010_n.jpg


Now that's fightin' dirty!



lower then low!



Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 15:05:41
Quote by Scoopster:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/486645_10151199732277629_1364777010_n.jpg


Now that's fightin' dirty!




:spit: That is really below the belt.



Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:19:22
Hey I have been meaning to mention this to you guys. Remember this Gas Station: (please forgive the source of the picture...)

http://rense.com/general63/9_11_01_media.jpg


Sometime in past years (it seems) it has been torn down.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 15:24:42
Quote by Raine:
Hey I have been meaning to mention this to you guys. Remember this Gas Station: (please forgive the source of the picture...)

http://rense.com/general63/9_11_01_media.jpg


Sometime in past years (it seems) it has been torn down.




No...

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:41:48
Quote by Mondobubba:

No...
??


Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 15:44:43
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:

No...
??



The gas station picture.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:47:53
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:

No...
??



The gas station picture.
I just wanted to tell y'all that it's gone. I noticed that the other day on the way back home from some errand.



Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:49:26
Personally I'm kinda ok with it, being gone. I suspect it had become a conspiracy theory worship ground.

PLus it really was in a shitty location for getting gas.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:50:35
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:

No...
??



The gas station picture.
Oh, sorry Mondo -- this was the infamous gas station that had security tape of the pentagon crash. The plane that hit the pentagon pretty much flew over this station




Comment by wickedpam on 09/11/2012 15:55:35
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Mondobubba:

No...
??



The gas station picture.
Oh, sorry Mondo -- this was the infamous gas station that had security tape of the pentagon crash. The plane that hit the pentagon pretty much flew over this station





they tore it down? when did that happen?

I still swear I saw video on the news that was much longer and much clearer and closer of the plane hitting the Pentagon. I just wish I could remember which station played it.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 15:57:21
Quote by wickedpam:
they tore it down? when did that happen?

I still swear I saw video on the news that was much longer and much clearer and closer of the plane hitting the Pentagon. I just wish I could remember which station played it.
I think sometime in the pastyear.

It's strange because I would have assumed that someone in the regional news media would have reported this. It's news if you ask me.


Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/11/2012 16:17:52
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Quote by BobR:
It's been 11 years. Time to let go.


I remember and mourn, as I do with YomHaShoah, the Jewish Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust. I think that quiet reflection on what might have been is important. Similarly, we need to ensure that first responders and others who need health care receive it.

I refuse to be wounded or scarred. The 10 year anniversary was the end for me. No more.



Well, it is kind of a low scale mourning for me. Some reflection,but I do not let fear paralyze me. I do believe that we must ensure that the first responders get the health care that theyneed.

Comment by livingonli on 09/11/2012 16:48:51
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 16:58:20
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
they tore it down? when did that happen?

I still swear I saw video on the news that was much longer and much clearer and closer of the plane hitting the Pentagon. I just wish I could remember which station played it.
I think sometime in the pastyear.

It's strange because I would have assumed that someone in the regional news media would have reported this. It's news if you ask me.



There they are supressing the truth! ROSWELL! ROSWELL :tin foil hat flops off head:

Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 17:17:37
Sicker I've become. Old and weak. When 900 years you reach, look as good you will not, hmmm?

Treatment tomorrow. *sigh* Feels like I had two good days this cycle, yesterday and today. Curiously, aside from the neuropathy effects, I should be feeling OK until Friday now, even with the drugs.



Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/11/2012 17:54:49
TriSec, I hope that you feel better and the treatment goes well tomorrow.

In some political news, there is a report that Sheldon Adelson hopes for a big return in his investment in Mitt Romney. From the Center for American Progress via a report on the Huffington Post:



Sheldon Adelson Stands To Get $2 Billion Tax Cut If Mitt Romney Is Elected: Report

The Huffington Post | By Amanda Terkel Posted: 09/11/2012 10:31 am Updated: 09/11/2012 10:55 am

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's backing of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney may not just make political sense for the billionaire -- it may also be in his best interest financially.

Adelson has vowed to spend as much as $100 million to help sway the 2012 election. According to a new report by Seth Hanlon, the director of fiscal reform at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Adelson could turn that investment into a $2 billion tax cut if Romney is elected.


Here are some details from a report from the Center for American Progress:



•
Cut top tax rates, saving Adelson approximately $1.5 million on his annual compensation as chief executive of his casino company.
•
Maintain the special low rates on dividends, potentially saving Adelson nearly $120 million on a single year’s worth of dividends, more than enough to recoup his political donations.
•
Maintain the special low rates on capital gains, allowing Adelson to make back his political donations in capital gains tax cuts just by selling a fraction of his stock.
•
Provide a tax windfall of an estimated $1.2 billion to Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., on untaxed profits from its Asian casinos, as well as a tax exemption for future overseas profits. Adelson’s casinos already enjoy a special foreign tax exemption
from the Chinese administrative region of Macau, and Gov. Romney would make
those foreign profits exempt from U.S. taxes as well.
• Eliminate the estate tax, potentially providing a staggering $8.9 billion windfall to
Adelson’s heirs.
At the same time, 95 percent of Americans—those making $200,000 or less—would get
a tax increase, on average, from the Romney tax plan.



Comment by BobR on 09/11/2012 17:56:25
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

They ALWAYS win

Comment by BobR on 09/11/2012 17:56:56
Quote by TriSec:
Sicker I've become. Old and weak. When 900 years you reach, look as good you will not, hmmm?

Treatment tomorrow. *sigh* Feels like I had two good days this cycle, yesterday and today. Curiously, aside from the neuropathy effects, I should be feeling OK until Friday now, even with the drugs.

channeling Yoda now.... this is not good.


Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 17:58:49
Quote by BobR:
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

They ALWAYS win



I beg to differ, I stared down one of my cats.

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 18:10:27
Quote by Mondobubba:

There they are supressing the truth! ROSWELL! ROSWELL :tin foil hat flops off head:

I know, Right?

Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 18:25:25
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

They ALWAYS win



I beg to differ, I stared down one of my cats.
Brewser ALWAYS wakes me up.


Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 18:31:26
Long, long, ago we one tended to a young feline named "Sunshine". As it turns out, the cat was strong with the Dark Side of the Force. We quickly renamed it "Saddamshine" (you can see how long ago this was) and my friend still bears scars from at least one "incident".

So yes....cats always win. Always, every time.


Comment by Raine on 09/11/2012 18:59:38
Comment by Scoopster on 09/11/2012 19:08:39
Comment by BobR on 09/11/2012 19:08:57
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

They ALWAYS win

I beg to differ, I stared down one of my cats.

this is for you:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/raine1967/ribbon-1.jpg


Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 19:20:27
Quote by TriSec:
Long, long, ago we one tended to a young feline named "Sunshine". As it turns out, the cat was strong with the Dark Side of the Force. We quickly renamed it "Saddamshine" (you can see how long ago this was) and my friend still bears scars from at least one "incident".

So yes....cats always win. Always, every time.



See my previous post. I won, once.

BTW would that have been your bestman at your wedding, etc?

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/11/2012 19:21:03
Quote by BobR:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by BobR:
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, everyone. I think I may unofficially be in a contest with the cat over who could sleep more. But, the cat is winning of course.

They ALWAYS win

I beg to differ, I stared down one of my cats.

this is for you:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/raine1967/ribbon-1.jpg





Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 19:46:31
Quote by Scoopster:
I love The Onion, but.......


Ya know, this actually made me chuckle. TriSec is a very sick man. But maybe, possibly....if I can look at the black irony and actually smile, maybe I can move forward on this day, too.


Comment by TriSec on 09/11/2012 19:49:34
Why aren't Americans building these?

I don't expect an answer.