v8dave
Wizard
The intent of a weapon system is to cause the opposing forces to spend more resources to counter your weapon that you spent to create it.
Well, whether call the passenger airplane attacks on Washington DC and New York, New York a weapons system or not, the terrorists have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in causing the US of A to out-spend the costs of the attacks.
They attacked the perfect opponent in a spending contest--an entrenched bureaucracy. The bureaucrats "protecting" us have no idea how or what protection is. Their only goal in life is to make sure nothing happens on their watch. In Folsom, CA (near Sacramento) there is a dam across the American river with a road on top of it. The bureau of reclamation, who owns the dam (1/4 mile across the top of a concrete dam), has closed the road under the guise of protecting the citizens. They have screwed the local economy by blocking a through road and incredibly fouled up the commute patterns in the area. There is no appeal, that bureaucrat isn't going to have any scare on his watch. The economic cost of that brain dead decision is huge, Forget that a car bomb on the top of a dam hasn't a chance of destroying the structure. It's all about no scares and saving his job.
There is no economic consequences to any bureaucrats decision in these matters. If some screwball can think of a danger, it's mandated out of existance regardless of cost.
In case any bureaucrat might forget, they were just reminded by the zapping of the FEMA head when a disaster happened on his watch.
Well, whether call the passenger airplane attacks on Washington DC and New York, New York a weapons system or not, the terrorists have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in causing the US of A to out-spend the costs of the attacks.
They attacked the perfect opponent in a spending contest--an entrenched bureaucracy. The bureaucrats "protecting" us have no idea how or what protection is. Their only goal in life is to make sure nothing happens on their watch. In Folsom, CA (near Sacramento) there is a dam across the American river with a road on top of it. The bureau of reclamation, who owns the dam (1/4 mile across the top of a concrete dam), has closed the road under the guise of protecting the citizens. They have screwed the local economy by blocking a through road and incredibly fouled up the commute patterns in the area. There is no appeal, that bureaucrat isn't going to have any scare on his watch. The economic cost of that brain dead decision is huge, Forget that a car bomb on the top of a dam hasn't a chance of destroying the structure. It's all about no scares and saving his job.
There is no economic consequences to any bureaucrats decision in these matters. If some screwball can think of a danger, it's mandated out of existance regardless of cost.
In case any bureaucrat might forget, they were just reminded by the zapping of the FEMA head when a disaster happened on his watch.
