Originally Posted by Bart
To underestimate the resourcefulness of international terrorists or downplay their intentions just because it causes inconveniences at the security checkpoint seems just as dumb, to me, as it is to overreact to every incident as a possible terrorist probe.
I don't see any necessary connection between:
A. "underestimating" the resourcefulness of "international" terrorists (or downplaying "their" intentions)
and
B. overreacting to every incident as a possible terrorist probe.
That is, just because there is A does not mean there is always B (or vice versa).
We have a lot of B going on nowadays.