Eyewitness: "I Never Heard the Word 'Bomb'"

"I'm pretty sure that if my mission is to protect the airplane and I don't know who is a terrorist and who's not, I'll be keeping my eyes (and weapon) on the people on the plane."

So your mission is to protect the plane and not the people on the plane? Well that makes sense now. Kill'em all save the plane.

BTW, we do have an inkling as to the profile of terrorists. I'll give you a few hints. MUSLIM
MALE 18-40 FROM MIDDLE EAST WITH A PASSPORT FROM SAUDI ARABIA OR SOME OTHER LIKE ARAB COUNTRY. Now you're the effin flight marshal, you better know the passports on the flight and where the one's from the ME with muhammed like names are seated. Or perhaps you are just lazy and it's easier to just kill some poor guy having a panic attack with his wife in tow and in possession of an American passport.

You don't want to get me started on this.

"The FAMs don't have the same use of force matrix that other LEOs use. They are authorized to go "lethal" a whole lot sooner."

You mean like going postal...cro magnums should not be air marshals. Too many lives are at stake. Air marshals should have a minimum IQ and routinely demonstrate the ability to differentiate between a real threat and a non threat.

You mean like going postal...cro magnums should not be air marshals. Too many lives are at stake. Air marshals should have a minimum IQ and routinely demonstrate the ability to differentiate between a real threat and a non threat.

"Cro magnums," huh? LOL! Well, they pull most of them from former military folks, so they get what they get...

A 10 point preference. Almost a good idea.

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