Originally Posted by
PatrickHenry1775
To concentrate on airliners while ignoring cropdusters is fighting the last war, while simultaneously wasting billions of dollars and eroding our civil liberties. Terrorists think outside the box. So should governmental agencies. If we have made civilian airliners more difficult to exploit - a large if, given the holes in TSA "security" - then terrorists will look elsewhere for likely places of attack. Think of a tube of toothpaste. Well, that may be a poor example, given the war on liquids, but all should understand the analogy. An inflated balloon is a better example. Push in on one side, the rest expands. Similar principle: if one link is apparently less vulnerable, then terrorists have shown patientce and wilingness to probe to exploit other links.
Of course agencies should think outside the box, but they should also not ignore the last successful attack.
If I hit you in the face with a jab, you should be also looking for a hook to the floating ribs and an uppercut to the jaw. But you'd be foolish to ignore the jab to the face, otherwise I'll hit you with it again. That's my fighting strategy - attack you repeatedly with successful blows until you do something that makes me stop it and do something else. If I'm successful, why change?