Post 9/11 jitters remain as bureaucrats still debate airline security. Weather to arm pilots or not.
Jeeze it ought to be a no-brainier. Just look at the merchant marine and the Navy in WWII. Navel personal were deployed on to merchant men. And they were armed.
Since this is a form of piracy, over international air-space,against enemy combatants who are not citizens, posse camantatus is not applycable. It is appropriate that military guards our airline travel. Atricle 2 Section 8 calls on the navy to protect our shores from piracy.
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Dateline: Korean War,
When going out on patrol, solders were to proceed to a distinguishable landmark. When there, they were to report their position by radio. That was to ensure that if they got into trouble, our artillery could offer immediate support.
But what really happened was the enemy would open fire.
It didn't take rocket scientest to figger out what was happoning. The minuite they radioed in, artillery would rain down on them. Sometimes whipeing out an entire patrol. As soon as they radioed in, company would notify batallion, and batallion would notify corps, and so on. Until it reached the top level. Where a Russian general was in command.
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