[41993] in Cypherpunks
Re: airport security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Horowitz)
Sun Oct 22 19:11:17 1995
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 19:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <acaf1d35530210046717@[205.199.118.202]>
> The recent push is certainly associated with the various terrorist threats
Furthermore, the terrorism the West faces, is state-sponsored. Neither
of its patrons - the Russians and the Radical Arabs - are stupid. If the
airlines become secured, they _will_ target the Greyhounds.
One need only examine US policy towards (just as one example) Turkey in
the last five years, to realize that the Washington Elites are not
capable of understanding fundamental problems of statescraft and
diplomacy. Under this regime, it is no wonder that our reaction to terror
tactics, is to react in a defensive mode - expensive airport security
measures, etc, etc. The other side *has already won* the terror war,
merely by virtue of having set the agenda, and making us spin in tighter
and tighter circles - reacting, not initiating.
