What does the airline-bombing plot tell us? 1. the enemy's loosely-coupled, asynchronous organization allows for multiple unconnected groups to operate concurrently without knowledge of the others. The reason the authorities took action when they did boiled down to their not knowing if there were other participants getting ready at the same time, so they moved to foil them all by stopping anyone from bringing liquids onto planes. It was the only thing they could do, but it did reveal how disconnected from each other these groups are.
2. this must have been a larger plot. Why? Because the group that was caught were all Pakistanis. If you recall, the 9/11 plot involved mostly Saudis - because they were the people Bin Laden trusted the most. However, that drew attention to Saudi Arabia, a fact that wasn't acted on, but could have been. Undoubtedly enemy leaders took note of this discrepancy and resolved to deal with it by assembling groups from as many countries as possible to blur/obviate the connection between a state and themselves. From this standpoint, the Pakistani's that were captured would have been only one piece of a larger group. 3. this event makes plain the fact that our enemy remains intent on attacking us in a big way. Yes, this approach was discovered and pre-empted, but that will not stop them, it will just cause them to change tactics. It's not been played up, but the facts are that our enemy has grown in numbers and sophistication. We couldn't have made this situation worse if we tried. 4. Our rulers are now calling for even tighter security, of course. Since we're in rule-by-fear mode, we're not paying attention to the fact that every tightening of security has a corresponding detrimental impact on our freedoms and liberties. We've gone from zero to 30 million cameras on our streets. Can anyone spot the progression there? Our greatest problem isn't the enemy abroad at all, it's the mindset of the gang that's running this country and their friends in the media. "They keep saying it on TV, so it must be right" is evidence that most of the people can be fooled most of the time, but they are wrong, wrong, wrong. The first steps in really solving this problem are to purge our gov't of their thinking, and to bust up the "news" stranglehold. Together they are taking us down the staircase to Hell, one step at a time. In the meanwhile, buckle up, because there will be another attack against us; and there will be more clamping down on our freedoms and liberties, and by the time we realize that we're living in a police state, we'll never know what hit us. Bill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
