[geeks] [rescue] Airport Security and Rescues...

[Mike Meredith]

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:26:44 -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> The root answer is forceful subjugation of Muslim countries and 
> deportation / the most severe restrictions on immigration unless they 
> swear off such violence, explicitly.
> 
> But that is politically incorrect.  

Apart from any other reasons, US bullying (as it would be seen by the
recipients) is likely to make more potentially violent muslims grouchy.
Doesn't seem the best way to calm things down.

Probably the most effective ways of combating terrorism is the boring
stuff that doesn't make the headlines so much ... intelligence sharing,
freezing funds used for terrorism, etc. Because it is less noisy we
don't really know how effective this is; how many attacks have been
foiled because of intelligence sharing ?

> Instead we have to pretend that a 
> retired veteran with a Medal of Honor pin is just as dangerous with
> said pointy object in his carry-on as a group of young Arab males

Given veterans probably received a higher quality of training in the
use of pointy objects, they're probably *more* dangerous with said
pointy object than the average terrorist. Said veterans are less likely
to use a pointy object, but it's not impossible.

Was the Unabomber an Arab ? (Not that he was a veteran)