[LeoWindhorse]

"being that he was a general"
Franks was 'the' general , at that time.
He was in the position to have near total oversight on every aspect of our deployed forces. He is also not a political shill these days , so I trust him.
But truly ,with the sneaky Syrians and the other master smugglers in the middle east we need to arrive at the place where EVERY container and every ship gets some kind of going over or complete clearance. We cannot afford even one mistake.
The question is , I guess, would the port masters have the ability to dance 'something' through security ? They would stand everything to lose themselves , but not their lives probably.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Well, that's exactly what I don't trust. Blunders are more likely to occur, when such a huge majority of boxes, containers, and crates, are not inspected. And isn't a crazed idiot more likely to ship hazardous items into carefully calculated areas where lame inspection standards exist? This is a totally ridiculous situation. Every single item that comes into the states should be inspected, regardless of the time involved. But it doesn't seem like it will happen because it's, "just too much work for the fat and sassy in the U.S.".