[RS]

"My reference to the CAP was that it should not be for show, it should be for shooting down aircraft that make suspicious moves during alert."

What makes you think it was for show ?


"My point is really that the terrorists notice those 3,400 violations of restricted airspace that nobody did much about except after the fact."

Your point appears to be that you would have been happier if WE had killed some wayward Americans to prove a point to the terrorists.

[Arkinsaw]

What makes you think it was for show ?

How many aircraft that have entered restricted airspace since 911 have been shot down by CAP? None. They fly through the restricted airspace and then land and the FBI questions them. Its for show.

Your point appears to be that you would have been happier if WE had killed some wayward Americans to prove a point to the terrorists.

Thats nice twisting. If the choice is between the passengers on Flight 93 and the Capitol dome or the White House, I'd sadly say that the White House or Capitol would be greater losses to the nation. Luckily, the people on board pretty much felt the same apparently and handled it themselves. The fact that 3,400 incidents of entering restricted airspace occurred shows that we have a problem.