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Originally posted by St Lunatic
No I think you missed my point, How would racial profiling at US airports stop...
In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over
During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up
In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked
In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens
In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed
In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time
1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed
In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan
In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and! murdered
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If I'm not mistaken, the point being made here is that profiling is better than just random harrassment of travelers.
BTW, I saw a little 7-year-old girl have to go through the random harrassment at an airport. Sucks!