Originally Posted by
QUERY
I respect your opinion. The hardened cockpit doors and the change in policy to not cooperate with terrorists would certainly deter future terrorists who tried to replicate the same 9/11 scenario over again but a smart terrorist is going to figure out a different method to achieve success in future acts.
Agree. Probably a different method that has nothing to do with aircraft. There are hundreds of other options to scare the American people that don't involve airplanes - disrupt food, water, power, communications, fuel.... Most of them could be carried out now because the US gov't obsesses over airplanes. Yet none of them have been. What does that suggest?
Originally Posted by
QUERY
IMO, the best change has been the intel-gathering/exchange of info within DHS and other LE agencies to get these terrorist-wannabes before they are able to act.
Agree. Emphasis on the "other LE agencies". But this has nothing to do with TSA doing airport screening.
Originally Posted by
QUERY
Other countries have less restrictive screening processes because they are not targeted like the U.S. is. IMO, we have become one of the most hated countries on this earth thanks to the previous administration. That will not change any time soon, even after we leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
Do you have any statistics to support the claim that other countries are not targeted like the US is? Since 9/11, there have been bombings in Indonesia aimed at Australian tourists, and on trains in London and Madrid. Many other countries have a long running history of terrorist acts. Israel is not popular with a long list of countries. Why is the US so uniquely vulnerable?