Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Yes - I am absolutely defending the SECURITY portion of why advance **warning** to the public wasn't provided. So....you don't see a security issue with telling the whole world that a B-747 (and not just any B-747) is going to be flying circles at low level? Am I defending the AF or the White House or whomever? I don't know - I said it was a security issue. I also said that if we have come to a point that we can't have a photo op then the terrorists really have won.
It seems that the White House has already given an apology. It may have been a public relations blunder, but the security issue was necessary IMO.
USMCFLYR
IMHO they have won. People were evacuating large buildings without any warning/comment from anyone. Our security procedures have impacted passengers flying. And the "war on terror" (or whatever the politically correct name for it is) has our country asking "what is torture".
I do think it was a bad idea. because it would only serve to show how fearful the average Joe is (whether 9/11 or swine flu). Besides, what purpose did it serve? Maybe a new post card? I have no problem with military training but this seemed really dumb. Why show ones weaknesses (of the masses) for a publicity shot?