Speaking of airlines - people must think that American traffic controllers are in every tower in the world, or that every airplane that flies into America has American crew, or --- most people are not thinking about this in any intelligent way.
President Bush on TV right now speaking on GWOT to an american Legion audience.
Now I know they have no respect for the UAE but I guess they think that if they wanted to attack America they would ignore commercial jet aircraft and decide to attack New York City with a Fast Attack Container Ship...rushing along at a blistering speed that would prevent us from taking defensive measures.