>This is what Al Qaida has driven us to.
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>OK....that's it....I have had it with your existential bampy-pamby whining....these are gutless comments from someone who doesn't have the slighest clue what is required to defend a country.
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>All it would take would be one attack, and then Americans would be all over the airline industry about, "how could you possibly let someone through? Where are the security measures???"
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>The people who protect us have to be right every time...those who want to harm us only have to be right once.
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>If you don't like it, then don't fly.
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>You really should stick to...well, whatever it is you should stick to.

Please remind me how you have defended this country other than with bellicosity. You are no more or less of an American than I am.

Maybe I'm wrong. Please educate me on what is required to defend a country, from personal experience. John Baird annoys me as much as you do sometimes but at least he walked the walk. He's not just a yapping dog.