Sunday, August 13, 2006
Gwynne Dyer is not being cynical.
The Smirking Chimp has Mr. Dyer's reasoned take on the airline security measures following this weeks stunning revelation (pushed forward to accomodate the US) of a group of plotters in the UK.
Well done, lads — but if you have them all locked up, why are you closing the airports and bringing in all these draconian security measures now? A couple of months ago, when you first uncovered this plot but didn't know all the "main players", I could understand such drastic precautions, but why now?No Mr. Dyer, you are most assuredly not being cynical with that crew in charge.
Maybe it was those explosive "liquid chemicals" they were planning to smuggle aboard the planes. After all, it's only 160 years since nitroglycerine was invented. It's a mere 11 years since al-Qaeda associate Ramzi Yousef plotted to blow up 12 airliners flying across the Pacific at the same time with nitro carried aboard in contact lens solution bottles. Who could have foreseen this? Quick! Bring in new security measures!
They really aren't that stupid. They have been checking liquids that people want to carry aboard flights at airport security checkpoints for years. There would be no need for drastic new security measures, even if the alleged British terrorist ring were still on the loose.
This is all hype, designed to frighten the British and American publics into supporting the wars of their deeply unpopular governments (and the war of their Israeli ally as well).
Or am I being too cynical? Maybe they're just stupid. I really don't know any more.
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