5by5,
You really lost any support you had on this issue with your statement about flying a jetliner into the World Trade Center is somehow analogous to the picture of the young girl running from a B-52 strike.
As a military pilot, let me enlighten you! first whatever the mission was of that B-52 it was undoubtably a military target. Said target was ringed with AAA weoponry, SAM sites, and other military defences. The B-52 pilots were therefore flying into a combat zone, knowing they would be targeted by said defences, therefore their actions, flying into the face of danger can be called Heroic, Brave, dedicated...the fact that that young girl was caught in the middle of this was unfortunate, and most Americans feel quite sad when viewing that picture. That is why its so famous, its also why I know what eventually happened to that girl.
Now the people who hijacked the airliners, knew they were walking into a situation where nobody on those jets were armed, they slit the throats of the Female flight attendents...cause I guess they figured they might be able to beat up a few girls, then they killed the pilots in cold blood...they then turned on the Twin Towers, No SAMS, NO AAA..easy targets...they didn't kill combatants, they killed office workers..secrataries, businessmen with no means of defending themselves...So they are cowards...plain and simple...We call them "yellow" here in the States. We have also witnessed the true heroism of the same "Islamic warriors" when confronted by a real armed force, not women, and their actions speak louder than words!!! never in the history of warfare has such a pathetic display of military ineptitude been showcased, It should be an emabarassment!the only thing a true military needs when fighting these jokers, is plenty of MRE's to feed them after they surrender. Now, back to flying subjects...