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Crossing to Safety
Tales of the Transportation Security Administration. Facing Hillary. Rushing at Ed Marston. Plus much more.
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Jed Babbin replies: As in many things military, the answer is, “it depends.” In a likely strike — say to an outboard engine or nacelle — the small warhead on one of these missiles could cause major damage, but would likely be survivable by all or most on board. Problem is, if the terrorist knows what he’s doing, and gets lucky, there are many other forms of missile attack that could destroy the aircraft and shouldn’t be talked about in the open. But even if the aircraft weren’t destroyed, a series of such attacks — coordinated on one day at various places — would be enough to ground civilian aviation here for months. The economic effect would be horrific.
p> ANOTHER FRIEND WRITES br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s The Moron Vote : /p> p>It’s very easy and intellectually lazy to call those you disagree with morons. You are a moron. Boy, that was an intelligent argument wasn’t it? I am an independent voter and thinker that reads the Spectator
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