On Feb 2, 8:18 am, "dott.Piergiorgio"
wrote:
Trouble is, in a new 9/11 emergency, Pilots will have the will and
nerves to shoot knowing that they are killing also civilians ?

No.

That is the business as usual, USAF SOP, pre-9/11 thinking that got us
into this mess in the first place.

The terrorists have already ensured the deaths of the hostages and
that blood is not on the hands of our brave airmen.

Their job is to first protect as much of America as they can and
second defeat America's enemies.

MAD is perfectly acceptable, against a rational foe that values their
own lives. Against others preemptive kills will be required. Again
this is no fault, no crime and no sin on the heads of America's
warriors.

Now if Europe fails to back President Neo against terrorist states and
so forces America to take action to take out the danger (that is even
more acute for Europe simply because they don't got no Atlantic moat
for the limited protection that offers in a global world), then the
blame for the hundreds, thousands or millions of lives to be lost does
not fall on America.

-HJC