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Or, who knows, maybe you're an Muslim operative in a sleeper cell, whose mission it is to calm Americans into a false sense of security that jihadists are not a real threat to us.
If we can't keep 12M+ out, how the hell is being 8,000 miles away supposed to help us keep 12 out? (Britian's car bombs in the past few days were executed by less than a dozen active entities..)
No, you don't get it, Martin. When more than 25% of Muslims in America polled state that suicide bombing is justified, the minority of that religious persuasion is a threat to us all.
We are talking about a culture that preaches death to all that don't convert to their religion. We are talking about a culture that has parents training their pre-teen children to strap bombs to themselves to kill innocent people. We are talking about a culture where a parent will put their own children in a bomb-laden car to make it easier to get past check points to kill innocent people by killing themselves and their own children! This isn't propaganda, it is fact.
Nice try, but not equitable. The KKK isn't a threat to the entire planet, much less the entire population of a country. Islamic-fascists want everyone dead that doesn't hold the same views as they do.
Again, "you don't get it". Terrorism, by the very nature of the word, is meant to instill fear. What you may view as "propaganda" by those attempting to stop attacks on innocents is countered by the very real attacks and/or thwarted planned attacks on innocent people. Terrorists don't use propaganda to instill fear, they intentionally kill innocent people. I hope you can at least understand that.
How many more innocent people will have to die before you'll understand that this country, and western civilization in general, is at war with a real enemy? 1,000? 10,000? A million? 10 million? What's the number?
Just out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a "fair share" of SSSSSSS plane tickets? I'm a 54-year-old white guy with light brown hair, and I fly about 25 times a year. I get my "fair share" of SSSSSSS plane tickets; the full wand go-over and, where available, the sniffer machine. My carry-on bag gets swabbed and/or gone through about 35% of the time, run through the x-ray twice, about 50%. Unless I'm running late for catching a flight, I don't mind it at all, and neither should anyone else.
Could the reason that you don't encounter the scrutiny at foreign airports be that, the foreign countries don't have the ACLU and others threatening or filing suit because profiling travelers to screen is viewed as unfair and discriminatory? I flew 2 weeks after 9/11, and watched as the passengers were "indiscriminately" screened. It made no sense then, and it makes no sense now. If we can't profile people who exhibit the same characteristics as those who have attacked us for more scrutiny, something is very wrong. In the name of ACLU fairness in airline screening, at that time I volunteered to keep an eye on the Swedish Bikini Team, but no one took me up on that offer...
I absolutely agree. A full-on search of me and my stuff makes nobody safer on an airplane. My reason for flying is work, not killing innocent people.
There is no aisle Martin, except when the real dangers in this world are downplayed by left-wing radicals. We haven't been hit here since 9/11, no thanks to those who appease real terrorists. When some folks claim that the war on terror is a "bumper sticker war", and their statements are given credence by major media outlets, it makes me want to puke.
