Reply #8: If the purpose was terrorism, aircraft were far more effective [View All]

[petgoat]

symbols than exposive charges. Aircraft are everywhere. Could Kansans be made
to fear the notion of swarthy men with boxcutters planting explosives in their
grain elevators? No. But they could be made to feel fear every time an airplane
flew over, which is several times a day.

It would be like planting a deadly disease in mosquitos or house flies. The ubiquity
of the threat makes it more effective.