This editor is fairly tired of this "airport pat-down" controversy. Sean Hannity has spent an entire week whining about the issue and, he is not the only one. While we support Sean in matters political, there is no reason to listen to him if you are interested in what is going on the Marxist/Left wing world.
What can we say about the matter?
FoxNews just did a bit on pat-downs and in their story, it was revealed that only 2% of the flying population is given this type of search.
Think about it. If we are searching just 2% of all travelers by air and not profiling, the pat-downs are fairly worthless as a deterrent. While the do-gooders on the Left are screaming "unfair, unfair" when it comes to profiling, the fact of the matter is this: not a single terrorist incident in the U.S. AND the world has been caused by a non-Arab Muslim, not one.
The Director of Security at Miami International was asked whether or not they were profiling. His answer was somewhat reassuring; "We are profiling for passenger mannerisms" or words to that effect. That is exactly what Israel does. Indeed, we have had some close calls, not to mention a little luck, over the past years, but maybe, just maybe, not as much luck as one might think.
Midknight Review has taken a position against these pat-downs but that was before the interviews of today. We support them while noting that patting down a three year old child or a 85 year old grandma is useless activity. Still, the matter is not worthy of a uprising or nation-wide demonstrations.
Understand that 94% of vacation traveling will be in automobiles. Only 4% will be done through the air and 2% of those will be given a pat-down.
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