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Old 04-11-2005, 06:20 AM  
Theo
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Originally Posted by tedwinters
meh... it needed to be shot down, even if there was an 80% chance that the hijackers were chickening out, or even if the passengers got the plane under control...
just like there's no negotiating with terrorists...
who knows what the target could have been.. or what the intentions may have been... (eg: dumping of biological weapons over cities/in cities)
easy to say that when you know the final outcome now, but do you think that's a good strategy? The majority of hijacked planes land normally after negotiations.
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