Posted on 07/25/2004 11:30:37 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
Does Air Force One have nameless, anonymous, or mysterious Mid Easterners on board while cruising at 30,000 feet? Can you imagine the utter shock and concern of the President, his family and the Secret Service if a number of suspicious, mysterious Mid Easterners started to board Air Force One?
We all know this would never happen as the Secret Service and Homeland Security would never allow this to occur, as the safety and security of the President and his family are a priority and paramount.
My point is, why are the rest of the flying public subjected to this on a daily basis? We have all heard the endless warnings, frightening stories, and nightmare scenarios. We have even been told by the Director of Homeland Security, "We will be hit and hit hard". Yet strange, mysterious Mid Easterners, that have only been in our country a day or two, are on board our flights as I write this.
Imagine boarding a flight with you wife and kids and seeing multiple, suspicious Mid Easterners boarding the aircraft. Imagine your thoughts and concern on a long flight. In my opinion, this is completely unacceptable.
Imagine, if it happens again, and four or five or more flights are brought down killing many hundreds or thousands?
Then what? Will our government continue to carry on business as usual? At what point will the safety of the rest of Americans be a priority and a paramount concern?
If the FBI is doing its job, they would have put a tail on these suspicious men from the time they left the airport until the time they returned home. I don't believe their primary mission was music, unless it was a Funeral March.
Then they're "Profiled" by any other name.
"They" said the 14 Middle-Easterners were members of a Syrian band. That does NOT make the story debunked. The "band" was still acting strangely.
Call a cop.
No but I have seen a lot of drunks. I wouldnt be surprised if the 14 were jerking around those of you who are easily threatened. Bad joke but then the whites folk fell for it. Kind of like those Medical students after 9/11 that were traveling to Florida and decided to spook the busybody that was listening to their conversation at the dinner.
"No but I have seen a lot of drunks".
PC taken to extremes...
P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C
As another poster stated, this political correctness is going to kill a lot of innocent people....
Baloney. I pointed out that if you were trying to avoid religious fanatics, that looking out for and avoiding Middle Easterners wasnt going to keep you safe. There are more asian muslims and black muslims in the world than arab muslims. I also pointed out that Whites could be muslims as well so looking for a "middle easterner" wasnt going to keep you safe. If this is race baiting, than you know what you are.
Are you volunteering for the innocent victim role or are you the killer?
Just an addition to what's been already said about bomb building in flight...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1143524,00.html
I missed the scoop!
If I was riding a bus, I would be ... Hamas's favorite trick the past 2-3 years has been to dress up as a Hassidic Jew.
Hamas's favorite trick the past 2-3 years has been to dress up as a Hassidic Jew.
We're in Detroit, not Tel Aviv.
"Just because you can't figure out how to do something doesn't mean it can't be done."
.... figure out how to do it - what a joke!
If bringing planes down by suicide were acceptable for them, there would be planes blowing up all over the world.
Just because you can't figure out how to do something doesn't mean it hasen't already been figured out ( it's not rocket science ) and for some reasons it does not fit their purposes at this time to do it.
Thanks. I've spread a little worry over Jacobson's story, and now will withdraw the alarm, and say why.
A good lesson for me.
Band name ping - "Mysterious Mid Easterners On Board Air Force One"
"My point was they take few chances, and are protected by rings of security, while they have no problem exposing our own families and loved ones to real danger."
So what are you saying here... that Bush should fly comercial economy flights with no secret service ?
That all private security firms should be shut down so the rich cannot hire them ?
... the 4th jet was NOT aimed at MY house ...
The Bushs are in a MUCH greater direct danger then my family and loved ones are...
t-h-e-n
As do I on the last point. I must say that 14 grown men intent on bringing a plane down, would certainly cause quite a battle to get things under control though. Thanks for the comments.
If I understand accurately, those men may have been followed. It has been determined that they did in fact peform.
I do share your skepticism overall though. These guys weren't pushing the limits for nothing in my estimation.
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