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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Psynic
And you said planes are WMDs. The PSI agreement is to stop WMDs. So either planes aren't considered WMDs or the agreement doesn't work.
You did say something about WMDs:
originally posted by: Psynic
I said airliners are guided missiles WHEN they have been hijacked.
Is anyone besides Zaphod enjoying this exchange?
Either that implies the plane should be treated as a WMD or else you're not making any sense.
originally posted by: Psynic
After that the PSI can do whatever is necessary to prevent the WMDs reaching destination.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Psynic
And WMDs are only dangerous when they're used. But they're being interdicted. Therefore a plane is only a WMD by your own interpretation since they're not being interdicted without Intel there's something on board.
So if the 9/11 commission had called them nuclear bombs because of the destruction of the towers would you say they were too?
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
You did say something about WMDs:
originally posted by: Psynic
I said airliners are guided missiles WHEN they have been hijacked.
Is anyone besides Zaphod enjoying this exchange?
Either that implies the plane should be treated as a WMD or else you're not making any sense.
originally posted by: Psynic
After that the PSI can do whatever is necessary to prevent the WMDs reaching destination.
Guided missile, I buy that, but a guided missile by itself isn't necessarily a WMD unless it's tipped with something like a nuclear, biological, or radiological device. Sure MH370 had a load of perhaps somewhat hazardous batteries but they hardly qualify for a WMD type hazard.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Psynic
And WMDs and components are being interdicted regardless of who controls or ships them. But planes aren't.
a reply to: Psynic
You can't be accidentally misconstruing my words so drastically!
Your perfidiousness reeks of desperation.
I said they made an INTERDICTION.
An interdiction can take the form of seizing cargo, but only if the aircraft cooperates.
After that the PSI can do whatever is necessary to prevent the WMDs reaching destination.