Boneyard

Last week we flew past Davis Monthan Air Force Base, home to the somewhat famous aircraft boneyard. The photo captures a portion of the boneyard, filled with billions of dollars of aircraft, laid to rest. As visually impressive as it is, it does not evoke in me a sense of pride to see such largesse, as it’s a poignant reminder of the choices we Americans have made, of what we have given up in favor of a vast military industrial complex. The United States ranks 59th in the world, behind Sri Lanka and Algeria, in life expectancy; imagine how amazing could this country be if our government spent as much time focused on the health and well being of its citizens, as they did on military power projection.