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Originally posted by Pathfinder
Nedder:
Terrorists might slip through airport security and hijack an aircraft, but they should not ever have the ability to fly into another target. As soon as an aircraft strays from its flight path fighters should be scrambled and, if necessary, shoot the aircraft down. This scenario is supposed to already be in place.
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That's very easy to say right now....
What would have happened before 9/11 if a plane was hijacked and strayed from it's flight path and it was shot down? The US govt would be criticized from here to the end of time for killing it's own civilians for no apparent reason, and all the people who right now are saying "we shoulda done this, shoulda done that" would be saying "What in the hell did you have to shoot down the plane for and kill those hundreds of Americans?".
Hindsight is 20/20, and the Monday morning quarterback types are always right in their own little world.