[Joe Brower]

Gee, on top of the passenger cavity searches, this sure makes we want to use the airlines. < /sarcasm>

[Support Free Republic]

Lighten Up, Francis!

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[TADSLOS]

Eberhart, a four-star general from the Air Force, said the al-Qaida terrorist network responsible for the attacks two years ago has been seriously damaged. "Most of the varsity players are gone. In most cases we're dealing with the junior varsity team or the freshman team," Eberhart said. "But we can't rest on our laurels. We've got to keep the throttle up...If anything, I think we've bought ourselves some time."

LOL!

[LurkedLongEnough]

Now we've found a use for airsickness bags right here at our computers.

Airline passengers can be confident that their planes won't be accidentally shot down, Eberhart said....

"I would take issue with anyone who would say the men and women in our armed forces are trigger happy," Eberhart said..."

Typical leftist subtleties, implying, oh yes, helpless airline passengers do need to worry about being shot down by the hawkish warbirds of the USA. You, too, can become a martyr for Bush. (The General said so.) ... </heavy sarcasm>

[mhking]

Why move your tail in the air when you can move it just as well on the ground?

[white trash redneck]

So they practice procedures for shooting down civilian airliners, but won't engage in common-sense profiling of people of Middle Eastern appearance. Better that 500 should die than one Arab have his feelings hurt.

Sheesh.