“....they knew they wouldn’t shoot it down. Why?....”
Answer: The Pilots were:
1. Afraid of law suits.
2. Afraid of being called a racist or bigot.
3. Trained not to do any independent thinking by PC superiors.
4. Afraid of being arrested for shooting a potential “innocent” terrorist.
5. Afraid of ruining their military career if injury or death occured on the ground from falling debris or bullets.
6. Simply following their training in today’s “touchy-feely” warm and fuzzy, diversity and multicultural training and PC training.
Gee! They should have made the pilot go to the ground and then give him group hugs from all of the chase plane pilots.
The fact is, no one will take any action due to the fear of what might happen to them. From the pilots to the highest level possible. The intruder should have been blasted out of the air as soon as he crossed the US border.
Having clearly demonstrated your lack of understanding of military personnel and the chain of command, you have also demonstrated your lack of understanding in threat assessments and tactics.