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I think they're missing the point
Bayou Renaissance Man ^ | 5/26/2015 05:26:00 PM | Peter

Posted on 05/27/2015 8:59:47 AM PDT by OK Sun

Yet again, we've seen fighter jets dispatched to 'escort' aircraft to US airports after threats were made against them. Yet again, we've heard travelers and others remark how "comforting" the presence of those aircraft is to them.

They clearly don't understand that those fighters are there for one reason and one reason only . . . to shoot down the aircraft if it has, indeed, been hijacked or otherwise turned into a danger to cities and installations on the ground. The fighters can't possibly intervene in a hijacking inside the cabin, and can't stop whatever's on board from manifesting itself. Their only function is to stop that aircraft threatening anything or anyone else. That's what their missiles and cannon will do in the last resort.

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TOPICS: Government; Travel
KEYWORDS: hijacking; skyjacking

1 posted on 05/27/2015 8:59:47 AM PDT by OK Sun
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To: OK Sun

They also keep saying that these threats are an “attempt” to delay and disrupt flights. Sounds like they’re successful to me.


2 posted on 05/27/2015 9:09:06 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: OK Sun
Something is up.

HUNDREDS OF TSA BADGES MISSING

I also heard that hundreds of parking passes are missing.

3 posted on 05/27/2015 9:24:05 AM PDT by Spunky
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This is what you get when the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, and ISLAMIC RADICAL IN CHIEF, appoints MUSLIMS RADICALS IN CHARGE of Government Departments.
His IRANIAN SPY is DIRECTING his EVERY MOVE TO DESTROY THIUS COUNTRY !
4 posted on 05/27/2015 9:36:09 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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This is what you get when the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, and ISLAMIC RADICAL IN CHIEF, appoints MUSLIMS RADICALS IN CHARGE of Government Departments.
His IRANIAN SPY is DIRECTING his EVERY MOVE TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY !
5 posted on 05/27/2015 9:36:36 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: OK Sun

When that Muzzie hijacker goes by the windows agin, I`ll pick`im off!

6 posted on 05/27/2015 11:12:59 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))
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