Saturday, December 18, 2010

Terrorists Using Vehicles to Run Down Innocent Victims is Nothing New

The DHS has recently released a warning that during the holiday season, terrorists may try to do Mumbai style attacks, or run down Americans with vehicles. This tactic is nothing new, and this commentary will give the readers a little more insight.

I know this is a shock to some Americans, but this same tactic was used in Israel in 2008. Did the Israeli government lawyer up the attacker, try to make excuses why he did it, or try to call the act something other than terrorism? The answer is no, because even if they wanted to they didn't have a chance because the terrorist was shot dead on the spot. This is the same way that airplane hijackers are also handled in Israel. It is time for America to take a page from Israel's playbook on handling terrorism, as well as implementing effective airport security.

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