At 08:52 PM 8/6/04 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Joe R. wrote:
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>> buildings. Our borders should be our first line of defense against
>> terrorism but they're wide open to even the most illiterate Mexican
>> peasant to simply walk across. It's a good thing that Alqueda doesn't
>> wise up and simply walk in 10,000 or so terrorists across the Canadian
>> or Mexican borders.
>
>That's a bit naive, Joe. You think an organization like Al Qaeda would
>overlook an opportunity like that?
I doubt it. But I seriously doubt that they'll try hijacking an
airliner again but it seems to be the only threat that the US government is
willing to prepare for. They say that generals always plan to fight the
next war with the lessons that they learned from the previous one. It looks
like the security people in the US are doing the same thing.
Joe
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