The Doom And Gloom Report for August 11, 2006

Air Terror Plot

So now there is a three hour wait at airports. The plan was to bring aboard planes inert liquids that when mixed together would become explosive. That's not something terribly new. Ever see baking soda and vinegar?? The main ingredient in a popular hand santizer (Purell) is ethyl alcohol (64%). It burns with a very low intensity blue flame.

So now no liquids or gels can be brought onto the plane at all, at least not carry on. The next major terror plot to be uncovered will most certainly be a group of martyrdom seeking hooligans who in mid flight rush toward the doors at 30,000 feet and try to open them or run about the aisle hitting passengers about the head and neck with the back of their shoes....a major insult in the islamic world thereby disrupting the flight.

On a serious note. We are lucky that these people are stuck with their grandiose schemes of destruction which makes them easier to detect and therefore stop. Once they lower their target is when they will truly put fear into the hearts of you and I. When it is very plausible that you and I are in peril just by walking into a WalMart or Walgreens is when the real fear will grip us. At the moment the targets seem to be very large targets and the air traveler. Imagine random acts of violence on a massive scale.

There is not much that can be done if an individual is hell bent on self destruction. Remember, he is off to be one with Allah...to him a much better place then here on earth. Al Queda is much more of a movement with a common philosphy and goal than it is a group.

We definately have more to fear today than we did yesturday