Originally Posted by
exbayern
I think that you have missed entire decades of history, including attacks on the ground in airports around the world.
AND you missed (as do many Americans) the single largest loss of life in an airplane attack prior to 9/11, and the largest mass murder of Canadians in history. It is an insult to those people and their family and friends that they are completely overlooked by millions who go on about how 9/11 changed everything.
TSA isn't there because of ground attacks. They are clearing people to FLY. So I'm not particularly concerned about every single incident that ever happened that was remotely connected with aviation. The argument is that security must prevent hijacking of planes for the purpose of crashing them. Out of that whole long laundry list, there were very few that directly pertain to 9/11.
Actually, I am aware of that bombing because I am an American who reads Canadian newspapers. In the last decade, Canada has been the destination of four trips I've made. And the next trip will probably be across the width of Canada.
But again, is TSA looking for the people who caused that plane disaster? Not that I've understood. I don't think TSA is focused that way, at all. Canada's security and India's security surely WILL focus on what killed their nationals and well should.
Actually weren't there TWO bombings? And the only conviction from the 20 year prosecution was Inderjet Singh Reyat, who I don't think is a jihader.