[Blue Eyes]

Who would have ever believed you could take down a large American commercial airliner, on American soil, with a shoulder launched missle... until the concept was proven?

This raises the question, though, of why it hasn't been repeated? The effort was successful, though the perps received no credit, at least in the US media (did the foreign press ever give credit on this?). If the hunt-down of the perps had been successful, Bubba would have been bragging about it. If the hunt-down was not successful, as some on this thread have mentioned, then why did the perps not do it again? Was it just to show it could be done?

[tdadams]

why did the perps not do it again? Was it just to show it could be done?

Exactly, and that's why this strikes me as a 'proof of concept' attack. The point is only to show what's possible, not necessarily promote a new standard method of attack.

[DCPatriot]

Uh...two words.

SHOE BOMBER!

Richard Reid was a copycat bomber.

What I want to know is why the current Administration is impotent and uncaring not to get to the bottom of all this.

Clinton should be indicted for dereliction of duty...Gorelick and Berger should be in orange jumpsuits right now.