I was thinking about this terrorism issue, and I think I figured out how the terrorists are doing it. Make a few attempts, advertise it, and then make a few half-assed attempts later on in areas not previously covered.
Look at the TSA now. Feeling people up in a manner that in any other industry would at best get people fired for (and worst, charged with sexual assault), yet known that they still won't find much IF anything dangerous.
Running people through an x-ray machine that years ago was turned down because of the carcinogenic potential (and has not been upgraded). And the same thing- it MIGHT find something. Under best of conditions.
The ill-logic TSA uses totally escapes me. Likely because logic itself escapes TSA.
If they are fearful of the shoe bomber, keep in mind that Richard Reid was a British citizen. Remember the underwear bomber? Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab? Last I knew Umar is a Nigerian citizen. Now reflect on the 9/11 terrorists.
American Airlines Flight 11 hijackers: Mohamed Atta (Egyptian), Waleed al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Wail al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Abdulaziz al-Omari (Saudi Arabian), Satam al-Suqami (Saudi Arabian). I don't see anyone AMERICAN in there, do you?
What about United Airlines Flight 175? Marwan al-Shehhi (United Arab Emirati), Fayez Banihammad (United Arab Emirati), Mohand al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). Again, any AMERICANS?
And the same for American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 93. Hani Hanjour (Saudi Arabian), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Saudi Arabian), Majed Moqed (Saudi Arabian), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian), Salem al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian), Ziad Jarrah (Lebanese), Ahmed al-Haznawi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Nami (Saudi Arabian), and finally Saeed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). They don't seem very AMERICAN, do they?
Yet AMERICANS are forced to go through body searches? The same body searches that not only won't find an underwear bomb, but the same radiological equipment that has been refused many times in the past because of not only it's faulty detection characteristics but also carcinogenic potential.
Last I knew the only terrorist act committed by an American is the OKC bombing with Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Not counting the kid from California, Another from Michigan and then one out of Portland.
I won't fly because I already know that if I ever fly I will be profiled because I exercise my Freedom of Speech.
If I didn't know any better I'd say it's the TSA we should be worried about, not the Taliban.
So someone please explain this terrorism stuff to me.
Look at the TSA now. Feeling people up in a manner that in any other industry would at best get people fired for (and worst, charged with sexual assault), yet known that they still won't find much IF anything dangerous.
Running people through an x-ray machine that years ago was turned down because of the carcinogenic potential (and has not been upgraded). And the same thing- it MIGHT find something. Under best of conditions.
The ill-logic TSA uses totally escapes me. Likely because logic itself escapes TSA.
If they are fearful of the shoe bomber, keep in mind that Richard Reid was a British citizen. Remember the underwear bomber? Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab? Last I knew Umar is a Nigerian citizen. Now reflect on the 9/11 terrorists.
American Airlines Flight 11 hijackers: Mohamed Atta (Egyptian), Waleed al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Wail al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Abdulaziz al-Omari (Saudi Arabian), Satam al-Suqami (Saudi Arabian). I don't see anyone AMERICAN in there, do you?
What about United Airlines Flight 175? Marwan al-Shehhi (United Arab Emirati), Fayez Banihammad (United Arab Emirati), Mohand al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian), Hamza al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). Again, any AMERICANS?
And the same for American Airlines Flight 77 and United Airlines Flight 93. Hani Hanjour (Saudi Arabian), Khalid al-Mihdhar (Saudi Arabian), Majed Moqed (Saudi Arabian), Nawaf al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian), Salem al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian), Ziad Jarrah (Lebanese), Ahmed al-Haznawi (Saudi Arabian), Ahmed al-Nami (Saudi Arabian), and finally Saeed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian). They don't seem very AMERICAN, do they?
Yet AMERICANS are forced to go through body searches? The same body searches that not only won't find an underwear bomb, but the same radiological equipment that has been refused many times in the past because of not only it's faulty detection characteristics but also carcinogenic potential.
Last I knew the only terrorist act committed by an American is the OKC bombing with Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols. Not counting the kid from California, Another from Michigan and then one out of Portland.
I won't fly because I already know that if I ever fly I will be profiled because I exercise my Freedom of Speech.
If I didn't know any better I'd say it's the TSA we should be worried about, not the Taliban.
So someone please explain this terrorism stuff to me.