No, the only people who claimed that no one ever thought 4 planes could be used as missiles were from this administration, and primairily Condoleeza Rice, after the fact. Anybody who has read Tom Clancy novels has at some point contemplated it. It is SCIENTIFICALLY impossible for the plan hatched by the homeless guy, the drug addict, the former Guyanese politician, and friend who lacked know how and resources to work. Now I know that supporters of this administration are anti-science, but ask a firefighter other than me whether this is possible. Jet fuel only explodes in very specific, very limited conditions. This has to do with such scientific principles as upper and lower explosive limits, ignition points, vapor densities and the like. Jet fuel will burn hotter than hell (witness the twin towers) but makes a lousy bomb. Sorry.
Here is the headline if I had been writing it. (Art Olczyk, forgive me)
PIPE DREAM INTERRUPTED!
A homeless man, his drug addict friend, a former Guyanese politician, and a Trinidadian immigrant were arrested today for plotting to blow up JFK airport. The 4 had no resources, no know how, and experts say their plan had no chance of success, but they had a dream. Their dream was to cause in an explosion in the 45 mile pipeline that supplies jet fuel to JFK, causing that airport's destruction, as well as the destruction of the borough of Queens with some well placed C4 or dynamite.
Seriously, I am glad we got these guys. Likewise, I am happy that the Fort Dix conspirators were dumb enough to take a copy of their plan to a local store to have the clerk transfer it to DVD for them and that he was aware enough to phone in the tip. The guys in Miami who dreamed of taking down the Sears tower, though most had not been to Chicago, I am glad they are gone, too. We have nothing to fear from these amateurs. Fear the quiet ones, the organized ones, the educated ones.