Sunday, March 14, 2004
Phil Carter has a good treatment of the security picture on rail travel in the light of recent attacks. I recall the quote from some smart general, "Hit 'em where they ain't". Few are observing this obvious common element about the behavior of those making terrorist attacks. They find weak places and attack them. They are few and weak themselves. Attacking positions of strength makes no sense. Geurillas have been exploiting the weaknesses of their enemies for thousands of years. They force the enemy to funnel resources to the point of the last attack, then plan another attack, not on the newly fortified place, but on a newly selected point of weakness.
quote: "Relative to passenger air travel, air cargo and rail transportation are thus compartively unprotected. They are "soft" targets in force protection parlance. The conventional wisdom in AT/FP planning is that the more you protect the hard targets (i.e. airports), the more likely you make an attack on a soft target (i.e. train station). That has been the inherent risk of America's homeland security strategy since 9/11, and the attacks in Spain bring home just how risky this strategy has been."
quote: "Relative to passenger air travel, air cargo and rail transportation are thus compartively unprotected. They are "soft" targets in force protection parlance. The conventional wisdom in AT/FP planning is that the more you protect the hard targets (i.e. airports), the more likely you make an attack on a soft target (i.e. train station). That has been the inherent risk of America's homeland security strategy since 9/11, and the attacks in Spain bring home just how risky this strategy has been."
Sunday, February 15, 2004
Dylan got it right. A blog for those avoiding the saints.
