Originally Posted by
BSBD
Almost every county has liquids restrictions. IIRC there are only four, possibly five, countries in the world that do NOT have liquids restrictions for domestic travel.
I don't think that's right. I've never encountered them in the Schengen region, South America, or most of the Pacific.
Originally Posted by
Badenoch
Their plot was closer to "viable" than it was theoretical. While not a fan of the liquid restrictions I have zero sympathy for those who would put lives at risk so they can enjoy their favorite seltzer. Boo-hoo.
You're ignoring the actual risk. It simply isn't there. There simply aren't thousands of Evil Doer's (tm) out there plotting against the US/UK/France/Etc. If there were then we'd have seen airline workers planting bombs on aircraft all over the US. We'd have seen Western airliners shot down at take off or landing by the dozen from Morocco to Egypt to India by MANPAD AA missiles because those weapons are freely available if you really want one. But we've seen none of that.
Extremist nutters (of any flavour) *are* willing to do these things. But they usually do them for local reasons. Doing things against a 'great power' just annoys the great power. They'll rail against the Great Satan, but they are doing so to appeal to the local audience, and their violent actions tend to be very locally focused in intent.
The "war on water" is futile. The *only* people to benefit from it are the governments imposing it (fear = control) and the bogeyman they're using to impose it.