Then why bother posting that which you don't yourself believe to be factual?
It was a quote/paraphrase. I suspected that readers of the forum were intelligent enough to understand that an Israeli security manager might be speaking with tact, and I don't have to lay out every shred and minutiae of the interpretation of his words.
Really, they can differientiate nervousness of flying from nervousness from being about to commit a crime or terrorist act? How many people do the clerks see on a regular basis about to commit a crime or terrorist act?
Considering nearly all males and the vast majority of females over 18 perform minimum two years military service, I would say a significant portion can make that determination, compared to other western countries' youth. Even without that mandatory service, the Israeli public is highly attuned to human behavior given the frequency of attacks in the past fifty years.
And did we have evidence of this with the 9/11 terrorists?
Indeed we did, but most of it was so disparate that the "dots" weren't connected until much later. Furthermore, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
9/11 terrorists are but a handful of individuals among thousands who have been waging Jihad against the Soviet Union and the western world since the mid-1800s, beginning (more or less) with Imam Shamil (1797-1871). Hate to burst your hubristic bubble, but the "War on Terror" didn't start in 2001, and it didn't start in the USA.
You are not doing your own arguments any favors.
There are no absolutes, some missions were success, some were failure, most were somewhere in-between. You are trying to paint my discussion into a small box that it does not fit. The objectives of terrorist acts are not the same was in conventional warfare. Protracted conflict has effects that extend beyond the initial impact of the attack, from increased security that draws resources, to shift of focus in government from domestic issues, to an altered state of mind among citizens.
Make no mistake, terrorism is exclusively a political tool with a political (however religiously motivated) objective, not a military objective. Smaller terrorist acts and planning is often subterfuge, with no intent to execute, rather to test the response of western intelligence and law enforcement, gathering information to better plan future attacks or identify internal security leaks.
The success of the events was very good in terms of being able to carry them out without detection.
If I recall correctly, in one particular event, they were unable to reach the primary target in fear of detection and went for a secondary target area. The dual suicide detonations were supposed to be staggered, the first in a public area, killing/maiming civilians and drawing emergency responders, and the second attacking the responders. The first detonation was low-order, and the second attacker became rattled. I believe she was apprehended prior to detonating her device.
Despite being "detected" the sociological impact was significant, and it redirected the Kremlin's resources for a period of time while putting another shred of doubt into the citizens' minds about whether Putin and the Russian govt could protect its people from foreign threats. Anybody over the age of 16 vividly remembers the Beslan School hostage crisis (2004) and the Nord-Ost seige (2002).
Why do you think this shooting has anything to do with situational awareness being tied to hours worked?
I don't necessarily believe that this shooting was linked to excessive hours worked. I posed the question for input from people who might have personal experience and would be able to lend their first hand knowledge. It is proven that, regardless of profession or task, more hours worked leads to fatigue, lack of concentration, eventually poor judgment, impaired vision, slowed response/reactions and other negative effects. I asked, "
At what point does it degrade their work performance, and pose a risk to their safety?"
Whatever he was doing on the cell phone is what is moot, fact is he got shot. Was whatever he was doing on the cell phone more important that being more alert after removing a disorderly customer? Again, how could the events of this tragedy have been changed?
You think this happened because he was complacent?
Again, I posed the question. I'm drawing on a real-life situation, not some hair-brained zombie scenario, and asking, "what could have been done to prevent this?" In life, I've always found it's better to learn from other peoples' mistakes, and avoid making my own whenever possible. Your mileage may vary.
The ironic thing about ambushes is that they come when people don't expect them.
There is no irony here; perhaps you mean the the
intrinsic thing about ambushes is that they come when people don't expect them?
Again, I asked the question, when should one expect to be ambushed? A likewise, just because you're ambushed doesn't mean you're dead meat.
Now with that... I find your response to be argumentative and contradictory, consistent with many of your postings I have read. You have taken questions that I posed to the forum, seeking input from those with first hand knowledge they wish to share, and twisted those questions into statements of believe/truth/faith/whatever by me, which they certainly were not.
Your post added absolutely no substance to this thread, and only took it farther off the tracks. You provided no new information, no insight, no facts, and not even much opinion beyond "you're wrong!" Again, looking at "other posts by.." this seems to be a trend in your discussions. A low, basic form of trolling formulated to elicit wild, angry, emotional responses from other posters who take ad hominem attacks to heart.
I've never had to use an ignore user function on the internet before, but it might be just about time to do so. Cheers mate.
