Um, the man flew a stolen plane into U.S. Airspace without authorization, and wouldn’t respond to his “escorts” for HOURS flying from Canada to MISSOURI and there is no way he didn’t pass over areas with larger populations even if he did somehow avoid some of our largest metro areas! He also landed in the middle of a ROAD! He put people’s lives in danger, and we are lucky it ended “peacefully”.
I’m not saying they definitely SHOULD have shot him down as soon as they got in range or anything like that — our pilots follow the orders and protocol they are given.
BUT, to compare shooting down an unresponsive suspicious plane like this to someone being shot for speeding, is ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS!
This man stole a plane, flew across an international border, refused to communicate verbally with his escorts and refused to follow their hand signals to land. He didn’t come close to any east or west coast cities, but he went over my state capitol. He could have flown into it. Who knows what he could have carried onto that plane to make a crash more deadly to those in the city.
They should have shot him down over a field in northern Wisconsin and asked questions later. This inaction by whomever was in command put civilian lives in danger. And don’t think future terrorists were not watching this.
“BUT, to compare shooting down an unresponsive suspicious plane like this to someone being shot for speeding, is ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS!
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Disobeying authority is the issue here. Disobey authority and be put to death??
We don’t live in a totalitarian State. I’d like to think we won’t be overreacting to 9/11 and can continue to live in a civil State.
You talking on your cell phone while driving puts people at risk of serious injury or death, should you be shot for it?