By: Nate BeelerDate: 1/9/2010
In: The Washington Examiner
Meaning: It is poking fun at the recent mishaps in American security. Including the situation in which the Salahi couple walked right into the White House claiming they we a part of the party. It's showing how Obama needs to step up the security.
Agree: It really isn't that funny of a matter. Americans security has been tested a bunch. With the most recent airplane scare, it will be expected that Obama makes some changes to step up security. It should not be as easy as putting a bomb near your crotch to smuggle in a bomb.
Yeah I agree with you. The fact that someone was just able to walk into a party even though they weren't on the invite list is sad. I mean the whole airplane incident was clever of the guy, not saying it was funny because people could have died. But atleast that mishap was understandable. Obama has a lot to do now that it's a new year. Because the whole situation of terrorism popping up again is scary because we don't want another 9/11 situation. Hopefully this was just a scare and the rest of the new year gets better!
ReplyDeleteI agree about airplane security not being the funniest of issues. Airplane travel and security is only going to be more restricting over the next few years and, while it is a double-edged sword in that people will be better-protected by these measures, it only makes American security a greater target for disaster when slip-ups like this happen.
ReplyDeleteI can see why Americans expect airport security to be an impenetrable phalanx against terrorism this long after 9/11, but the idea of a perfect defense isn't exactly pragmatic. It wasn't exactly "easy" to get those explosives onto the plane, just like it wasn't exactly "easy" to detonate them (which, as we know, never exactly happened; second-degree burns from your underwear does not a jihad make). Our offensive action has been just as valuable as our increased security in preventing large-scale terrorist attacks. It's fine if people want to complain about the people responsible for keeping them safe (which, to my recollection, they've been doing fairly well since 9/11), but I just wish the same people calling for intensive security wouldn't get up-in-arms about the intensive scrutiny that a full-body scanner implies.
ReplyDeleteYour right in that it was way to easy for those people to sneak into the White House, what if they had actually wanted to have done harm to Obama or some other high ranking official... With all of these rescent events, such as trying to blow up the plane, security everywhere has really been stepped up which is probably a good thing.
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