Sudden sensitivity

The Nova Scotia International Air Show, coming up this weekend, has pulled the A-10 Thunderbolt II from the show. The reason? It's the same kind of plane whose pilots fired on Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan earlier in the week, killing one soldier and wounding 30 others.

Apparently, it would have been insensitive to display the plane here so soon after the incident. Instead, it's being replaced by an F-15E Eagle. These planes are heavily in use in Iraq, and have killed lots and lots of people. But they are far away, so we don't need to feel sensitive about them.