We Have Been Invaded and Did Nothing
A lone Canadian citizen crossed the northern border into U.S. airspace and flew all the way to Missouri where he hitched a ride to a diner and waited for the police to arrive. Why did this happen? The pilot did not communicate with U.S. air traffic control, flew willy-nilly all over the place for 6 hours and avoided flares that were fired at it by F-16’s that were scrambled to intercept it. My question is this. Why wasn’t this plane shot down? The actions of the pilot amounted to a possible hostile threat reminiscent of terrorists. We have spent millions, no billions, beefing up the northern border in anticipation of a possible incursion by terrorists.We even have an imperialistic “No Fly” list to prevent suspected terrorists flying through Americn airspace on passenger jets. Yet, when it happens we do nothing.
The steps we have in place were ignored. I have heard that early on someone decided that the pilot was not a threat. I wonder how that decision was made. Supposedly, the pilot was depressed and wanted to be shot down. We should have obliged him. Supposedly, he had immigrated to Canada from Turkey, changed his name to one which sounded more American and left a suicide note. If I was a terrorist, that is exactly what I would do. Maybe if his name was Abdullah, he would have been seen as a definite threat. Remember Oklahoma City? So, my friends, terrorists are now assured that nothing has changed. The entities charged with keeping us safe are doing the same as they did before 9/11.
Maybe this was a probe to test us. If it was we failed. Somebody needs to explain to the American people why the system failed.
