Originally Posted by themicah
This is one area where the gov't is actually right, and has even corrected their past mistakes. Many will remember how immediately after 9/11 they prohibited parking in large parking areas (in some cases, entire newly built parking garages were closed) that were deemed "too close" to the terminals. At many airports they blockaded the pickup lanes closest to the terminals as well, forcing passengers to load/unload their cars an extra 10-20 feet away under the "protective" watch of some National Guardsmen in a Hummer.
This idiocy was correctly eliminated, because NOBODY WANTS TO BLOW UP THE AIRPORT!
If you want to kill a lot of people, airports are not a good target.
Respectfully, you could not be more incorrect. Airports represent freedom of moement, freedom of commerce and freedom in general, all things the islamofascists are upset with. They seek a subservient world run by the iron fist of their religion;s laws. They seek to damage and destroy things that run opposed to that, and anything prepresenting freedom is a fabulous target.
Want to get the point across? Send in a suicide bomber int oa tiny area (baggage claim) that is now more packed with people than ever due to the asinine carryon restrictions. You could kill 200 or 300 capitalist infidels with one smallish device. No security to get into bag claim. The OP's assertion that someone could set off 10,000 gallons of fuel is 100% correct and would be exceptionally easy to do.
The OP was entirely correct and that's why he was threatened with loss of his credentials if he opened his mouth.
--PP