Isreali Airport Security
January 12, 2010 7:55 am Uncategorized
The Underwear Christmas Bomber brought up all the demons of 9/11. Fox News, the news channel loaded for bear, globbed on to an immediate solution–do like the no-nonsense Isrealis do. Nothing beats knee jerk wishful thinking like deep and thoughtful thinking.
Yes, the Isrealis can and do security well–flake jackets and all. But replication? Couple of problems—
Isreal, being a tiny country, has a tiny airport infastructure. They can take the time and effort to watch every Abdul, Elijah, and Hakim get hands on, first person scrutiny.
Here in the land of the free, an average of 25,000-40,000 Americans are airborne in US airspace on any given moment. What resources could be devoted? Who foots the bill? What delays at the airport would result?
Taking on the “Isreali model” means taking on the “Isreali mentality”. Going bunker means freaking at every little blip. We don’t need that now, especially now. From top down, everybody is on edge. There is little thought to thinking before reacting.
There are no easy answers, perhaps no practical ones. But Uzis on the concourse seems too heavy for blow-up briefs. Back to the hen house Fox. There will be other days.