The next terrorist attack on
The next terrorist attack on America will not be with hijacked planes because passengers and crews will fight back. Peggy Noonan quotes a flight attendent: “And let me tell you, if anyone starts any trouble on my flight he is going down, I mean I will break his legs!” Terrorists have a better chance using balistic missiles than planes as weapons of mass destruction.
Unfortunately, I have to disagree with Noonan on one point in her article. She want the military to search bags before they’re loaded onto planes. She writes that “it would make everyone safer, which is part of their job.” But the role of the military is to destroy things and kill people in the nation’s interest. Barring an invasion, domestic security should be left in the hands of the police. Stationing troops everywhere may make people feel safer, but it reeks of a police state.
“A Wing and a Prayer”
