Shooting Aboard An AAL Flight . . .

Chris_Ford said:
Chechens aren't engaging the US. Nor are Serbs.
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That sort of thinking again is what lead to the huge intelligence failure of 9/11. AL Quaeda (sp) was attacking our forces overseas not on US soil. Furthermore our rather arrogant belief that we were untouchable on our own soil helped lead to that tragic day.

Who knows the future direction of US politics. Today we could be out of sight out of mind with the Chechens or the Serbs or the Palestines.
Tomorrow we could be number one with a bullet on there terrorist hit list.
That is my main arguement with only having one centralized worldwide profile for "terrorist." The landscape is ever changing!

-Matthew
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Who knows the future direction of US politics. Today we could be out of sight out of mind with the Chechens or the Serbs or the Palestines.
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Palestinians: yes. Chechens and Serbs: No.

Unless the US has some major policy changes, we shouldn't have any issues with the Chechens or Serbs. You can call it arrogance, I call it "Why would you bomb someone who is on the other side of the world and doesn't care about your conflict at all?"
 
BCTAv8r said:
Why don't the FAMs use non-lethal bullets? It would be enough to disabillitate the terrorist but not enough to kill him. That way if the person is not really a threat the person doesn't get killed for nothing.
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What would these non-lethal bullets be? What happens if the FAMs truly need a 'lethal' bullet for a situation, but all they have are 'non-lethal' bullets? Also note that in the LE/DoD world there really aren't 'non-lethal' weapons, they are considered less-than-lethal... people even die from being pepper-sprayed.

Bottom line is this: Don't say you have a bomb, and then proceed to make a motion that would indicate to any reasonable person that you may be attempting to detonate said bomb. Somebody is bound to get hurt.

Another thing I wonder about... if it had been a normal LEO that shot the guy rather than a FAM, would this be as big of a story??? Sure, it would be national news, but I have my doubts that the press would work it up as much.
 
Chris_Ford said:
Palestinians: yes. Chechens and Serbs: No.

Unless the US has some major policy changes, we shouldn't have any issues with the Chechens or Serbs. You can call it arrogance, I call it "Why would you bomb someone who is on the other side of the world and doesn't care about your conflict at all?"
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I would definately see us coming into full view of the Palestinians faster then the Chechens/Serbs. We blindly back Israel even when it is obvious their wrong or being Goliath and crushing David.
But again you never know where our interest my take us in Russian/Ukraine. Pretty sure were supplying them with arms.

-Matthew
 
Chris_Ford said:
Unless the US has some major policy changes, we shouldn't have any issues with the Chechens or Serbs.
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Nah, the Chechyns wouldn't have any problems with the US support of their enemy in their war against the Russians. Naw, they're not going to be upset about that. Nope, not in the least. I mean, all that war has done is oh, just about destroy the Chechyn economy and kill thousands of people, including many civilians. No reason to get pissed.

And yeah, the Serbs have no beef against the US. I mean, it was only the US who led a NATO force which forced them to stop their ethnic cleansing campaign. And then the United States only has put their leader on trial for war crimes. Nope, nothing to get upset about.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Can too have it both ways....I just have my b.s. meter up and running the whole broadcast.

:)

-Matthew
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Well that takes care of 1/2 of the problem. :)

The other part of the equation is what you meant by "I liked to stay informed about whats going on in my world." If you mean "world" as in "all of the world", then the U.S. TV news is going to leave you sorely lacking. If you meant "my world" as in "just in my neighborhood (i.e. U.S.)" then you might have it covered.

:)
 
SteveC said:
Well that takes care of 1/2 of the problem. :)

The other part of the equation is what you meant by "I liked to stay informed about whats going on in my world." If you mean "world" as in "all of the world", then the U.S. TV news is going to leave you sorely lacking. If you meant "my world" as in "just in my neighborhood (i.e. U.S.)" then you might have it covered.

:)
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Meant my world as in the US and what goin on in other countries. What I don't watch is the local news...their broadcast is just assinine!

-Matthew
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Thanks...I figured it was. I watch the NBC Nightly News & CBS World News every night. I liked to stay informed about whats going on in my world.
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Well, this does explain a lot.
 
Anyone that thinks that there are terrorists in Iraq doesn't know what they're talking about. There is an insurgency, with insurgents taking part in said situation in Iraq.

The terms are not interchangeable.

Flame away, but I'm right.
 
I wish a moderator would move this to the LAV. Oh wait...I am a moderator, good thing I don't know how...hehe.
 
On the threads listing screen with all of the thread titles, look to the right side of the 'views' column. You'll find a checkbox. Check the box, the line will then highlight. Scoll down to the bottom of the window and you'll see a box that says "Moderation", select "move threads", voila!
 
tonyw said:
Nah, the Chechyns wouldn't have any problems with the US support of their enemy in their war against the Russians. Naw, they're not going to be upset about that. Nope, not in the least. I mean, all that war has done is oh, just about destroy the Chechyn economy and kill thousands of people, including many civilians. No reason to get pissed.

And yeah, the Serbs have no beef against the US. I mean, it was only the US who led a NATO force which forced them to stop their ethnic cleansing campaign. And then the United States only has put their leader on trial for war crimes. Nope, nothing to get upset about.
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The Chechens have far more things to tend to than blow up something that belongs to a trading partner of their enemy.

And you're saying that all the Serbs back Milosevich? That's a pretty nice generalization.
 
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