Why not arm the pilot and co-pilot? Most commercial pilots are prior service and are perfectly capable of handling a fire-arm. While we're at it, we can issue stun-guns and mace to the flight attendants to help subdued poorly armed hijackers or extremely unruly passengers. These seem like logical and simple solutions to the problem.
It isn't fair to suggest that the passengers or flight crews could have or should have done more to prevent this tragedy. Prior to Tuesday, how many times had hijackers used commercial aircraft as missles? Never. The smartest thing a hostage could do was cooperate. Normally the worst that happens is they end up at a different destination.
This was truly unprecedented.We can all second guess after the fact but these poor souls, as the rest of the world, never could have dreamed this sort of fate. The game has definately been changed.
It is now time to stand together, support our leaders in Washington and erraticate this scurge from the face of the earth. There is no way to coexist with villians of this magnitude. It is either us or them and I choose us. Benjamin Netenyahu said it best, "They (meaning the terrorists) have the will but not the might, the U.S. has the might but not the will". Do we finally have the will?
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