The problem is/was declare war on who? This is one of the difficulties of this war. It’s not so much a war on someone as it is a war on an idea Islamism. When you get down to it, it’s a war of ideas see reply 29.
“Possibly, we would be looking for terrorists at the airport, rather than weapons.
Israel’s El Al doesn’t pussyfoot”
There’s a difference in scale between what El Al has to deal and what American airports have to deal with. That’s not to say that I’d like to see us adopt the Israeli style of profiling, but that will require great deal of work and money to get there. That and a certain political party would fight it every step of the way.
I think (for obvious reasons) we obess way to much on airline security when there are other areas that need work
I posted some excerpts from a Rand Corp. book that you might be interested in looking at (note: it’s a free download)
Unconquerable Nation Knowing Our Enemy, Strengthening Ourselves
Rand Corp. ^ | Brian Michael Jenkins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=unconquerablenation
There some good stuff in it.
Man I love fast broadband,....took me about one second to download that PDF!
Man I love fast broadband,....took me about one second to download that PDF!