Just a couple of weeks ago, I boarded an American Airlines flight from Heathrow Airport, outside London, bound for New York's JFK airport. Today I awoke to hear the news that Al Qaeda linked terrorists were targeting just such flights with sophisticated liquid bombs, planning to detonate them in mid air causing the maximum loss of innocent life.
Two thoughts come immediately to mind:
(1) I'm glad I'm not travelling at this moment in time and looking back just a couple of weeks, I was somewhat surprised at the lack of intense baggage and personal inspections both in the UK and Stateside.
(2) I'm grateful for vigilant security forces on both sides of the Atlantic and for the skillful investigative capabilities of both nations who are able to interdict such plans in a timely manner and so prevent greater tragedies than have already occured.
It is also apparent that our intelligence and Homeland Security personnel cannot rest for even a moment as this ongoing clash of culture, religion and civilizations continues.
While all eyes are on Lebanon and Israel, the terrorists are eying America and the rest of the western world like a coiled snake ready to strike.
As we approach the fifth anniversary of September 11th, we would do well to remember that our enemy still lurks and we have not yet won this war.
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