Here's a good example of how military brass have contributed to the needless deaths of 119 people in Tehran when a C-130 airplane crashed.
In spite of the refuse of two experienced military pilots to fly the plane, an inexperienced junior airforce pilot was ordered to fly the plane.
While airborne, the pilot was prevented from landing during an emergency.
Why? Because the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad was leaving to visit Saudi Arabia on his new airplane.
When the pilot requested permission to land in the desert south of Tehran, he was ordered to circle Mehrabad airport.
Over a half hour later, the President's plane leaves and the junior airforce pilot is given permission to land.
On the way down, the plane manages to avoid hitting military housing complexes but clips a 10-story residential building causing it to crash, killing all people onboard and other people on the ground.
However, my synopsis misses all the hellish detail.
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