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I do have to wonder!!!
They have added an additional Customs check. However, certain people get targeted. We saw two groups of crew "rousted". They did not bother to check us at all -- either coming or going. Seems to me that anybody could be a terrorist and Customs was letting 99.9 percent of the people in.
Then the National Guard. They stood around outside. I was not comforted when I saw how the luggage was handled.
The Coast Guard had one cutter. The Port of Miami is pretty big. If the cutter were on the Miami end, its crew could not see what was happening at the far end of the dock.
I think that we're being lulled into a false sense of security.
To All: In Britain (and Europe for that matter) we have lived with Terrorism for decades. We have never experienced a single event as catastrophic as September the 11th, but never the less, probably as many innocent people have been shot and blow-up going about there daily business, over the years.
Of course we all demand high security in this day and age, but it can never be total! If you are not prepared to travel until it is, you will never leave your home again!
Security staff and baggage handlers etc. often work for very low wages and under very unpleasant working conditions. They are expendable and are hired and fired at will. Due to the poor conditions of service, the turn-over of such staff, is also very high. You can imagine how difficult it must be to verify the credentials of every member of staff thoroughly. Airports, for example, employ hundreds of thousands of staff. Terrorists can infiltrate countries, cities and jobs, and lie low for years. They wait for a weakness to appear, then attempt to exploit it! Terrorist constantly think of new ways to perpetrate there terror. At the moment is bombs in shoes, but what next?
The above is not meant to be a series of excuses, just some home truths. Of course we should still strive to make our Airports and Ports as safe as possible. But remember travelling on planes and ships is still so much safer than driving our cars!
In Britain we started debating Terrorism and security issues, long before I was born. We still are! I'm sorry to say that America will just have to learn to live with terrorism - there is no solution.
[ 12-29-2001: Message edited by: Malcolm ]
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