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Old August 16th 06, 11:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Peter Duniho
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Default Whither, mother wit?

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Dan Luke wrote:

With very little effort, he
and his fellow scum keep the entire Western world on the edge of
hysteria.


I am not sure I agree with your "very little effort" classification, but
the rest of your point was right on.


I think that relative to the effort put in, the outcome was HUGE. Sure, it
did take some effort and planning to do what they did, but not only did they
knock down two of the tallest buildings around, they have cause most of the
free world to sacrifice their own freedoms, and spend ENORMOUS amounts of
money on ineffective security measures.

Maybe that's what Dan meant...not so much that the 9/11 attacks were trivial
to carry out, but simply that for the amount of work it did take, the
terrorists have furthered their own goals far beyond their wildest dreams,
mostly at the hands of our own government (which I am sure they find
especially hilarious, as you and Dan say).

Pete