Posted on 07/04/2002 2:17:49 PM PDT by Burr5
Fox just interviewed a French kid who witnessed the LAX shootings. AMAZINGLY, the reporter farted around for 10 minutes and never asked "What did the guy LOOK LIKE?" Thankfully, the anchor back at the studio prodded him into it, and the kid replied that the shooter was "Afghan-looking" "Arab-looking"...Sorry I'm paraphrasing. But I'll call it official: It's Terrorism.
Because he never made it that far.. He strolled up to the ticket counter and started blasting.
Now, had he bought a ticket and went to board.. THEN he would have passed through the security checkpoint..
(As it was, the security checkpoint came to him..)
In fact this is what I was told they were doing at LAX - for awhile. They were checking passengers and luggage hundreds of yards from the Terminals.
Hmmm, how about this? Peres and Sneh have both come out and said this was terrorism. I tend to think they know what's what.
So - the next armed robbery at the local Stop-n-Rob perpetrated by an ME looking suspect is going to be a terrorist act?
Then we have learned NOTHING from the Israeli experience - shooters and bombers could walk into crowded terminal areas and kill dozens of people. I can't believe we haven't instituted remote security checks at our airports yet.
Correct. There is no 100% security, and no profiling can ever be foolproof. However, the attacker undoubtedly planned on killing more than he managed to.
While the FBI is looking for proof that this was terrorism, the Israelis are going over their communications intercepts to figure out who ordered it, so those behind this will be rewarded as they deserve. This is not a slam against the FBI. God forbid that attacks here become so frequent that terrorism is assumed.
Course, I don't expect A LOT of people to get that. And, I'm right.
The SIMPLE act of having attacked AA *might* have changed my mind - BUT IT WAS EL AL ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I'd much rather take the chance of being blown away than have to give up the freedom that you suggest!
It's a matter of perspective. It WAS in the El AL ticket counter area ...
I's NOT in the same league as 9/11 however ...
What are you gonna do?
At least inside the building they are controlled. If you do it outside in the parking lot there are cars and all kinds of variables. If you put the checkpoint somewhere else then people are still congregating there. And wherever there is a crowd there is a potential terror target.
Look, if someone wants to get you they will. They certainly can and that's all there is to it. Just relax and enjoy the 4th, and if your number comes up you will be the first to know. Till then don't worry about it. Your mind can come up with much worse scenarios than those you will face in real life 99.9% of the time.
Amen.
Legitimize conceal and carry everywhere and we can provide our OWN security ...
Brown tagged him as a "suspect." But he's obviously not the dead one.
Reality. Try it sometime.
Why didn't we think of that sooner......
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