In the wake of the Moscow bombing President Medvedev has sacked the security boss at the airport, and the Bulgarian government has rushed out a statement to the effect that its airports and stations have tight security.
However the pertinent fact is that there are virtually no measures, outside of airplanes themselves, whereby a terrorist can be stopped.For example a suicide bomber gets on a bus and simply blows themselves up, nothing can stop that, the same applies to the public area of an airport or bus/railway station.
The job of preventing this type of terrorism lies with the security agencies and with a more general public vigilance.
For the US the obvious measure is strict gun control, but the NRA gun lobby is too powerful for that, so the Arizona horror will happen over and over again.
But when you see politicians start sacking people it is mostly a case of sacrificial lambs.
However the pertinent fact is that there are virtually no measures, outside of airplanes themselves, whereby a terrorist can be stopped.For example a suicide bomber gets on a bus and simply blows themselves up, nothing can stop that, the same applies to the public area of an airport or bus/railway station.
The job of preventing this type of terrorism lies with the security agencies and with a more general public vigilance.
For the US the obvious measure is strict gun control, but the NRA gun lobby is too powerful for that, so the Arizona horror will happen over and over again.
But when you see politicians start sacking people it is mostly a case of sacrificial lambs.
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