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...wants a sequel to Sept. 11, and it’s only with best intentions that we’ve deployed M-16 toting National Guardsmen to airports nationwide. But Logan Airport wasn’t the target of terrorism on Sept. 11, it was only the vehicle. M-16s would not have changed a thing. With the same well-intended logic that has soldiers in our airports, the troops could be in stadiums, malls, busy streets and anywhere else that might be associated with a terrorist threat. Then America would resemble a military state, and despite the sacrifice...
...idea of fiddling with the Posse Comitatus Act worries civil libertarians. While F-16s patrolling over New York City and Washington may reassure some, the notion of soldiers in fatigues carrying M-16s at the Mall of America may not have the same effect. Tim Edgar, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, says soldiers shouldn't be used for police work because they are not trained for it: using overwhelming force to compel compliance by an enemy is different, he says, from the kind of negotiations engaged in regularly by most law-enforcement agencies. Military traditionalists have...
...open-sided white Land Rovers mounted with machine guns pulled up outside the fortress gates. From the minivans jumped nine American special-operations men wearing wraparound sunglasses and baseball caps and carrying snub-nosed M-4 automatic rifles. The Land Rovers disgorged six British SAS soldiers armed with M-16s and dressed in jeans, sweaters, Afghan scarves and pakuls, the distinctive woolen hats of the Afghan mujahedin. The Americans and British quickly convened a conference with the Alliance leaders. "I want satcom [satellite communications] and JDAMS [guided munitions]," said the American commander. "Tell them there will be six or seven...
...director George Tenet? We're not talking about a Cabinet reshuffle here, but Topps' new 90-card Enduring Freedom set. The company describes the cards as a kid-friendly guide to the 9/11 attacks and the new war on terrorism. There are also plenty of cards showing F-16s, aircraft carriers and paratroopers. To get a card checklist and read about Topps' involovement in previous conflicts, go to topps.com/enduringfreedom.html
...deal with Israel and more committed to war - a war that Israel is unlikely to lose, but equally unlikely to win. Lightly armed Palestinian gunmen and suicide bombers have no hope of forcing Israel to retreat from the West Bank any time soon, but all of Israel's F-16s, Apache helicopters and tanks have proved incapable of ending the Palestinian uprising. All that either side is capable of achieving right now is more of the same...