1. The public doesn't care about cargo planes . . . unless they crash on top of them.
2. Certainly plausible that an attack could be made on the US's airfreight system, but it would be primarily an economic attack. If a few aircraft were lost, pilots would likely refuse to fly until screening was done, thus shutting down large chunks of the system. Business' in the US now rely on a lot of just-in-time shipping and small package delivery. Significantly slowing down airfreight would have a big affect on the economy.
3. Terrorists want to exact the largest headlines and instill the most fear . . that means going after innocent people instead of boxes.
This is a war. Despite all the bleating from so-called moslem moderates that it's not about Islam and not supported by the masses, one only needs look at the Islamic street. Angry, violent, volitile, mid-evil bigots are calling the tunes and intimidating any other moslems considered less than zealous. If anyone thinks that the true-believers in Iran wouldn't use a nuclear weapon as a first strike weapon, you need to get off the qualudes.
2. Certainly plausible that an attack could be made on the US's airfreight system, but it would be primarily an economic attack. If a few aircraft were lost, pilots would likely refuse to fly until screening was done, thus shutting down large chunks of the system. Business' in the US now rely on a lot of just-in-time shipping and small package delivery. Significantly slowing down airfreight would have a big affect on the economy.
3. Terrorists want to exact the largest headlines and instill the most fear . . that means going after innocent people instead of boxes.
This is a war. Despite all the bleating from so-called moslem moderates that it's not about Islam and not supported by the masses, one only needs look at the Islamic street. Angry, violent, volitile, mid-evil bigots are calling the tunes and intimidating any other moslems considered less than zealous. If anyone thinks that the true-believers in Iran wouldn't use a nuclear weapon as a first strike weapon, you need to get off the qualudes.
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