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Originally posted by Timber Loftis: As for the deaths of those on the planes -- well, you do realize that heretofore hijackings were something that could be corrected after the fact, right. I remember all those movies and video games from the late 80s and all through the 90s where the terrorists took hostages in the plane, and the counterterrorism units specialized in getting them out. Passenger 57 and Air Force One were the way terrorism was seen.

Getting back to the real world that the President is supposed to be living in, hijacking is a commonplace crime which rarely ends without severe loss of life and economic disruption and can never be corrected after the act.

Once people have been killed and the economy has been disrupted, as magical as the Special Forces guys might seem, their high-tech wands don't seem capable of resurecting the dead and repairing the damage.

The safety and security of US citizens is a primary responsibility of the President - not settling family feuds with foreign leaders.