Three men can make a big impact

I read an article from the New York Times that was about three British men being sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up at least seven trans Atlantic airliners.

This article mostly struck me because three men were able to throw global airlines into complete chaos. They did not even do anything but they were still able to cause panic. I think the reason they caused so much panic is because of many terrorist plots have been uncovered in the past few years. Security levels have increased dramatically in all airports across the country.

This article shows though that the increased security must be working if they were able to sniff these three men out before they went aboard. It is nice to know that all of the increased security measures are actually working to keep people from committing terrorist attacks.

Still it shocks me how maybe just one man could claim to be bombing a plane. And all air traffic could be shut down for a whole day or two. I think that sometimes the US over reacts to things that are not even true. But then again in this story the British airlines may have over reacted but they also stopped three men from blowing up planes. This shows that sometimes it is good to be safe instead of sorry. It also shows that anyone can commit a crime. These men were from Britain and usually you don't hear of terrorist attacks coming from Britain but in this case they were British.

So what I took from this article is that it is better to be safe then sorry and that anyone can commit a crime.