Neal Boortz
Wednesday, June 5, 2002

We now have lawsuits against four American airlines seeking damages because the airlines did just what they should have done. They profiled!

The five men who brought these lawsuits are all of Middle Eastern or Asian descent. The airlines aren't giving the specific reasons why these particular men were taken off these particular flights. The plaintiffs want us to believe it was simply because of the color of their skin.

If that is the case, then how in the world did they manage to get on later flights … and why aren't ALL passengers with that skin color denied boarding privileges?

The so-called American Civil Liberties Union is supporting the lawsuits. What will be the net effect? Airlines and airport security personnel will become more afraid of doing just what they should be doing to protect us from terrorism. They will be afraid to concentrate their security efforts on the people who are presenting the security threat.

Do we really need to go over this again?

• It was ARABS who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993.
• It was ARABS who bombed the Khobar Towers.
• It was ARABS who bombed our embassies in Africa.
• It was ARABS who bombed the USS Cole.
• It was ARABS who brought down the World Trade towers and damaged the Pentagon.
• Those are ARABS who are threatening to kill more innocent American civilians.

Just how much sense does it make NOT to focus your security efforts on Arabs? How much sense does it make for an airport security screener to be patting down a pilot or an American soldier while someone from the Middle East slides through without any extra attention – all in the name of political correctness?

The politically correct crowd says that you shouldn't single out people for special attention just because of their racial or ethnic background.

Generally speaking, they would have a point. But does that standard hold when you have people of one particular racial or ethnic background engaged in a war of terrorism against the United States? Do you then make a special effort to avoid investigating people with this particular ethnic or racial background in the name of political correctness?

Well, my friends, that is precisely what happened with Zacarias Moussaoui, and this is exactly what is happening at our airport security stations – and this is exactly the behavior that is being sanctioned and defended by the ACLU.

These people are going to get someone else killed.

If Islamic Jihad Wants to Claim Credit – Eliminate the Islamic Jihad

Sixteen people killed in a homicide bombing in northern Israel. The Islamic Jihad is claiming credit. Israeli lawmakers are meeting to discuss a response. How about sending out the Special Forces to seek out and destroy or capture every known member of the Islamic Jihad out there?

If they want to claim credit for a mass murder, go find them and take them out! The best defense is a good offense. Sounds trite, I know, but if all was as it should be, every single person associated in any way with the Islamic Jihad should be shaking in their boots right now just waiting for an Israeli bullet.

Nobody Wants to Be First

People are learning. If you don't want to be subjected to a full body, shoe and bag search at the boarding gate of your favorite airline … don't, whatever you do, be the first to board. Here's an interesting e-mail from one of our fantastic listeners:

I flew out of Hartsfield last night to a northeast city on a first class ticket. When the gate agent made the announcement to board first class, no one moved. No one. I sat reading my newspaper, peeping over the paper to see who would be first. The agent then called for boarding the elite frequent flyers ... and no one moved. No one. After a few minutes, the agent said, " OK ... let's just board all seats on flight XXX." After the first hapless passenger was pulled aside, I boarded.

But It's Not Mugabe's Racist Policies That Are at Fault, Right?

Another article this morning about the famine in Zimbabwe. Yes, the weather has been rough. This weather has been endured in the past, though. So, what else could be causing the famine? What else could be pushing 6 million people into hunger and in need of emergency aid?

Could it be Robert Mugabe's policy of confiscating the farms that have been in the hands of white Zimbabweans (formerly Rhodesians) for generations and handing those farms over to Mugabe cronies? Naw … we can't blame all this on an "elected" black leader, can we? It just has to be the weather's fault.

How Can There Be a Palestinian State When There Are No Palestinians?

There has never been a Palestine. There are no Palestinians. They are Arabs. Yasser Arafat was born and raised in Egypt. Palestinians are to the Middle East what Siberians are to Russia, what Yankees are to the United States.

There has never been a country named Palestine. There has never been a Palestinian capitol.

An intemperate question, I know … but just why do we actually want to CREATE a terrorist state headed by the man who invented the concept of the suicide bomber, when we're claiming to fight terrorism around the world?

Neal Boortz is the hugely popular nationally syndicated radio host.

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