Old 06-02-2021, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
*Hopefully* .gov will have a better plan for next time. Whatever you want to say about TSA, Intel, Iraq, Afghan, etc the bad guys have not come close to repeating a 9/11 here. About the best they could do was Boston.
Personal opinion which I’ll take to the grave. The reason there has been no repetition of 9/11 is the same reason the terrorist plan wasn’t ever successful for all of that day:

The passengers of UAL Flight 93.

It’s a big world out there and terrorists can choose their time and place. That’s what makes asymmetric warfare work. Terrorists are going to have their victories. But using commercial airplanes as a vehicle for mass destruction was not a technique that was successful even one full day, due to the passengers on that flight. Hopefully everyone remembered their sacrifices too this last Memorial Day.
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