Disintegrations

"Such is the pace of events, that there was a plot to blow ten airliners out of the sky over the Atlantic, that changed airport security arrangements around the world, and it wasn’t terribly important. Our media are obsessed with numbers, with casualty counts. Ten airliners, if they are jumbo jets with most seats filled, would yield a score a little higher than the “9-11” total, five years ago. It would be the new record. But from the view of the Islamist terrorist, whose sense of theatre is not to be denied, it would nevertheless be slightly disappointing. It would not match the live presentation of the iconic twin towers, disintegrating into the streetscape of Manhattan. But given current operational constraints, it would have to do."
David Warren Online

H/T Consul at Arms