Thursday, January 15, 2004
Bush Loses the Cojones War
AP: Tests Show D.C. Still Vulnerable From Air0 comments
Especially from the moon. And, perhaps, from Mars.
This, actually, is one of the more noteworthy reports that has surfaced throughout media in the last couple of years.
Members of both the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Homeland Security Dept. now admit, off the record, that after thousands of tests, they cannot scramble planes fast enough to intercept incoming planes used as missles. Period.
So, despite all of the tongue wagging, all of the money thrown at the problem and all of the lost liberties we've incurred as a people, this administration and the military here finally admit that they are absolutely, totally powerless to prevent another 9/11. Unless, they say, they have advanced warning, which cannot be counted on and is of no help whatsoever.
Feel better now?
So, unless some hapless person bent on murder and destruction openly asks the Air France personnel whether this flight to NYC or DC carries extra fuel, any terrorist has carte blanche to drop a 747 right on the Oval Office or the Rockefeller Center Skating Rink, and there's no way to stop them.
Makes the whole "safer after Saddam?" debate hopelessly moot, doesn't it?
posted by Gotham 11:23 AM
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