Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
You still seem to totally miss the point. Possibly France bases its methods on whatever experience it has with terrorism (don't forget the colons of the Algerian war, the ones who wanted to assassinate De Gaulle).
But ETA, the Algerians, etc are NOT the concern of the the American government. And the American legal environment isn't their concern either. So why shouldn't they base their screenings on their perceived terrorism threat and laws, not OUR terrorism threat and laws?
Did you read that? Do you have an answer? Can you stop yourself from wandering off on some other tangent?
Tangent? Not hardly.
U.S. domestic terrorism is still a problem. In most cases, right now, it seems to be “cause” focused rather than politically. Animal Liberation Front, Anti-Abortion groups, ECO-Terrorism, etc. But there are very few countries that have been able to avoid terrorism against commercial aviation, and while it is no longer as common as it was it is obviously still a concern. Nothing prevents these folks from using commercial aviation as a weapon or target, nothing except the government’s efforts to prevent it.
Aircraft that transit U.S. airspace must meet certain standards of screening or be denied access to our nation’s airspace. The security of commercial aviation is in the best interests of every civilized nation, and even the most third-world of countries has some form of airport screening. Those that are unable to meet the requirements of U.S. Law do not fly into the US, but use airports in countries that can.