Terrorist Dress Rehearsal?

Go read the link. Really. Read it all the way through; remind yourself that it's been 3 years and several new government security agencies since 9-11, and then ask yourself these questions:

Why were these men allowed on the plane?
Why were these men not arrested when they got off the plane?
Why isn't the media reporting this incident heavily?
If there were air marshals on the plane, were they "made" by the terrorists as a reason to scrub the op?
If there were air marshals on the plane, and the terrorists had decided not to scrub the op... how effective would 2 men be against 14 widely-separated terrorists?
Where was the government that claims to protect us?

Although people rarely talk about it, a gun is not a panacea for self-defense, especially against multiple attackers in a confined space willing to sacrifice their lives to achieve their objective. If the terrorists had not scrubbed the operation, they would have control of the plane. The other passengers might have been able to organize an effective defense, but I do not think the air marshals could have done a damn thing.

Posted on 2004-07-16 10:04:39.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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