With the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest flight, we’re suddenly reminded of the reality of terrorism. What’s amazing is how far we have and have not come since 9/11; as a former New York City resident I can tell you that the first few months after the World Trade Center came down taking the subway or driving through a tunnel was a pretty scary experience. I bet there were a bunch of long-time New Yorkers who felt that way again after Christmas.
Tom DeSanto, producer of the X-Men films and Transformers, is tackling terrorism in a real way – not through the eyes of mutants or transforming robots but from the case files of the folks who track terrorists down. Says Tom himself an email today:
Tonight TruTV is airing a special called CRISIS: New York Underwater and it is a pilot for a counter terrorism based show shining a spotlight on the danger. Since 1993 terrorists have tried several times to blow up the tunnels between NY and NJ and it is a very real problem today that the powers that be have not given proper attention to. I want the show to shine a spotlight on the problem so we can fix it.
I know that this is something I’m interested in. There must be tons of stories coming out of the War on Terror that we just never hear about, and I’m curious as to what’s going on behind the scenes. Tom promises that this show is free of politics and just focuses on stuff we can all agree on, like that the destruction of the Lincoln Tunnel would be a bad thing.
The show is airing tonight at 11 Eastern (so soon!) and will probably be repeated. Check it out if the recent attack has you thinking about terrorism and what we’re doing to fight it.
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One dumbass Nigerian who failed to detonate a poorly constructed and less-than-lethal explosive device on a plane is not an "attempted bombing" any more than me cutting loose with the flatus after ingesting a bowl of Raisin Bran is a "bioterror attack". Get a fucking grip. The real terrorists hide behind fake smiles and promise to create legislature that will improve the human experience while in truth all they're doing is lining their own pockets. And what they're wreaking on us all is far worse than any bomb threat.
Apparently you don't fly much… it takes next to nothing to break that window… once that goes at 10,000 ft…. that's all it takes. If the bomb is more effective and takes out even a small section of the airliner, its going down. If you don't think that's a real threat or your made of rubber then feel free to sit next to the bomber on the next flight and laugh as he tries to kill you.
don't be ignorant, there are those that wish to harm you.
The Xmas attack only feels minor because it didn't work.
"Get a fucking grip"
Amen. "The War on Terror"…dear god, that nearly made me spit milk out my nose. Remind me, is that the one where the most militerized, destructive, and agressive nation the world has ever seen accuses shitholes in the sand of being a dangerous "axis of evil"?
We are at war with these people. just because they are not efficiently blowing up our civilian population, and we are successfully destroying their top leadership does not make us wrong in doing so. It also makes us productive not destructive.
I am glad that not every one is idiot and wants all our tax money spent on power hungry maniacs attacking third world countries that have no navy, air force, or armored vehicles – these wars are unwinnable, they are only acting half right because we are occupying there country, as soon as we leave, things will go right back to the way they were. STOP WASTING MONEY AND COME HOME! thank you #1 and 4 for being a voice of reason.
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