Airplanes are secure because no one is ever getting into the cockpit again. Security on the ground has nothing to do with this. Hell, the airplane-as-missile strat didn’t even last the full day of 9/11.
neutralizing Al Qaeda
To be immediately replaced by the next US-funded Middle Eastern terrorist group.
improving federal agencies’ intelligence sharing
Which is now being used to illegally spy on “domestics threats” like parents opposing gay porn in schools, conservatives questioning obvious irregularities in elections, and anyone who objects to replacement immigration.
Hell, the airplane-as-missile strat didn’t even last the full day of 9/11.
As soon as a hijacking stopped meaning a free vacation in a tropical, non-extradition country, and started meaning "you're going to die if they get past you", there was a powerful incentive to oppose it instead of sit back and wait for the stewardesses to come past with the drink cart.
It was a one-time-use tactic, and changing airports completely as a reaction was a huge waste.
Airplanes are secure because no one is ever getting into the cockpit again. Security on the ground has nothing to do with this. Hell, the airplane-as-missile strat didn’t even last the full day of 9/11.
To be immediately replaced by the next US-funded Middle Eastern terrorist group.
Which is now being used to illegally spy on “domestics threats” like parents opposing gay porn in schools, conservatives questioning obvious irregularities in elections, and anyone who objects to replacement immigration.
As soon as a hijacking stopped meaning a free vacation in a tropical, non-extradition country, and started meaning "you're going to die if they get past you", there was a powerful incentive to oppose it instead of sit back and wait for the stewardesses to come past with the drink cart.
It was a one-time-use tactic, and changing airports completely as a reaction was a huge waste.