Originally Posted by seaduck79

First, your numbers are ludicrous. Second, it's about sending a message. The people we're worried about respect strength. They do not respect weakness. This is a show of weakness, whatever its motives may be, and however otherwise positive its effects on our children are.

And it's the perception of weakness that is important here. And right now, the U.S. has enough problems in that area, thanks to its current "leadership". To stop an opponent, you have to see and think as they do and try to anticipate what their responses are to your actions. I don't have any confidence that those in charge of our airline security have thinking skills that advanced.

Preparation is preferable to paranoia, though either is preferable to willful ignorance.