Marwan wouldn't put up with all that romance crap going on at the office, that's for sure.
One of those bullets to the head of those sillies would work wonders.
They didn't know about the stealth bomber and the plane being attacked until a few minutes before. No time to get much to the location. (that was because of a lapse which has yet to be discovered about the missing pilot)
But since they did get Jack out there, why just Jack and one guy??
(did make it more dramatic though)
They WERE NOT hippies, people.
I believe they said you needed both the book and the case, although later it looked like the book was enough to do major damage.
Yeah, I couldn't figure out why the helicopter couldn't off both trucks either.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
In retrospect, I think you're right--they were more "nerdy" than "hippie" :)