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Fair point, but most likely it would have been ineffective. sept 11 was led by highly trained and organized people belonging to a large group. Had the american
by stymaar 10y ago
Fair point, but most likely it would have been ineffective. sept 11 was led by highly trained and organized people belonging to a large group. Had the american government taken actions against hijacking with knifes, and they would probably switched to a back-up plan (say, putting bombs in laptops for instance ;).
And that's exactly what the gp is talking about.
- TheGirondin 10y ago>they would probably switched to a back-up plan (say, putting bombs in laptops for instance ;) I actually used to think the same way, until I mentioned how silly some of these security theatre steps seem within earshot of someone who did some kind of Federal security work. He went through a long winded explain of all the steps that it would to make a switch to circumvent one restriction, how much time it would take, and how it would only take one suspicious interaction by one of the group members for something to be reported. Basically, while you can't protect against everything, by making attacks an order of magnitude harder (going from blades to bombs), you greatly increase their chances of being discovered.
- finid 10y agosept 11 was led by highly trained and organized people You wrote that as fact, but is it? Those "highly trained" guys could barely fly a small plane, but where able to fly huge airlines at top speed.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThey didn't even train to land the planes - they weren't going to have to know that. They knew precisely enough to cause damage and no more. So trained, but not 'highly'. More like, went through the tutorial until they could take off and steer a little.
- stymaar 10y agoYes, and for terrorists that's what I call «highly trained». Remember, last year a terror attack failed in France because the guy just accidentally shot himself in the leg ! Most terror attack in western countries where commited by lone wolves or tiny groups. 9/11 was incredibly well-thougth in comparison.
- finid 10y agoOne interesting aspect of 9/11 is we never did get to see a shot or video of the hijackers as they boarded the flights. Or were cameras not installed at the gates back then?