The Red Coats were trained professionals also.
Ed Morgan
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Terp <dterp@tallcity.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Terrorist Attack
>I'm a New Yorker, we don't roll over for anyone.
>
>But we don't waste our time, either.
>
>Who am I going to side with? The guys with years of experience and
>millions of dollars in technology, that's who.
>
>Don't paint me as a dove, I'm not. And yes, I own several guns.
>
>But if you think some mailman with a .22 was going to prevent this
>disaster, you're only fooling yourself. These guys were trained
>professionals who were committed enough to die for their cause.
>
>PS - I got email from two of my friends that worked in #7 WTC. They
>got out OK, The building was destroyed.
>
>No word about the guys that worked in #1 WTC, we expect the worst,
>they should have been on the 107th floor when the plane hit.
>
>Most likely the fire stairs were cut and they were trapped.
>
>On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:22:16 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>
>>Ok, Dan,
>>
>>You go ahead, roll over, and play dead.
>>
>>We're going to do something about it!
>>
>>Now, who do you want to stand with?
>>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-
>>> Sorry, but I don't know that, and neither do you.
>>> Any large man with combat hand-to-hand training
>>> could kick his way
>>> through a cockpit door and overpower a pilot.
>>>
>>> No pilot is going to resist with the controls in his
>>> hands, and it
>>> would be much easier to get through airport security
>>> without a gun.
>>>
>>> And arming the passengers wouldn't help. either, all
>>> they need is a
>>> man at the back of the plane with an UZI. Shoot
>>> everybody, They're
>>> all going to die anyway. These guys planned this to
>>> the hilt, you
>>> think they didn't figure on a cop or a Secret
>>> Service guy maybe being
>>> on the plane?
>>>
>>> You can have all your Die Hard - Steven Segal
>>> fantasies, but in the
>>> real world an idiot with a gun is just a dead idiot.
>>>
>>>
>>> There are a lot more idiots out there than
>>> criminals.
>>>
>>> I prefer to keep the guns in the hands of people who
>>> know how and when
>>> to use them.
>>>
>>> And for all you guys with dreams of fighting off the
>>> commies coming
>>> over the hill, remember-
>>>
>>> By the time they get to you, they've gotten through
>>> stealth bombers,
>>> armored divisions, seventeen aircraft carrier groups
>>> and Trident subs
>>> with nuclear attack capability.
>>>
>>> Think they're going to scared by your twelve-gauge
>>> and WWII APC?
>>>
>>> Not likely.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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