Airlines Not The Only Target For Terrorists

For the past couple of weeks the president and the media have zoomed in, once again, on the level of security used by airline companies and are re-evaluating the protocol used for passengers boarding these jet airliners. Obviously we could have done more to protect our airlines, given our technology, but even after losing almost three thousand lives in the devastating terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, our country still chose to save a buck rather a life.

With no disrespect to the victims of 9/11, the fact remains that the idea of using our own airplanes against us, as weapons of mas destruction, was quite genius. Only someone with a diabolical mind for violence would ever manifest such a scenario. But what is scarier is the amount of time spent by these criminals researching and calculating every move down to the significance of the event date, now know as 911.

These criminals were in our libraries gathering information that was later used against our country. I call this infiltration. I believe that there are moles within many aspect of American living...and they are not there for our protection. I feel we would be naive to think otherwise.

Our government must begin extensive background checks on all those in positions of power. Those who work in the medical industry should be examined first. I believe the next step our enemies will take is the use of biological attacks. Biological warfare is the deliberate distribution of germs or bacteria, that can be contracted through skin contact or from airborne particles. We must ensure that all of our medical personnel have the safety of Americans in mind and not that of our enemies.

The next step would be to evaluate all those who handle our children and their achievement test scores. Our enemies do not want to see this country succeed, thus targeting our future geniuses would be of interest to them. If we allow anyone in this country to leak information regarding student who have exceptional SAT scores, those individuals become targets for terrorism.

In conclusion, the government must better monitor those who occupy this country, and make sure that those in positions of power have clean backgrounds and proper credentials. Our airlines are not the only target for terrorists. It is time to focus on the bigger picture and get rid of those who are not worthy of the title "American".