Did You See That One With That Guy That Was Out Last Year?
Was it Navy Seals? Wired is warning that terrorists don't do movie plots:
The problem with movie plot security is that it only works if we guess right. If we spend billions defending our subways, and the terrorists bomb a bus, we've wasted our money. To be sure, defending the subways makes commuting safer. But focusing on subways also has the effect of shifting attacks toward less-defended targets, and the result is that we're no safer overall.Unfortunately, this is absolutely correct. Defending our country against terrorism is an almost impossible ask when you break it down. However, change in the Middle East will end terror. Suicide bombers generally aren't employed familymen.
Terrorists don't care if they blow up subways, buses, stadiums, theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, schools, churches, crowded markets or busy intersections. Reasonable arguments can be made that some targets are more attractive than others: airplanes because a small bomb can result in the death of everyone aboard, monuments because of their national significance, national events because of television coverage, and transportation because most people commute daily. But the United States is a big country; we can't defend everything.
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