Reply #15: The only defense ...

[Newsjock]

... against surface-to-air missiles is running one's country in such a way that other countries and groups don't feel the need to take out your civilian aircraft with surface-to-air missiles.

We can take off our shoes and rip apart our PDAs all we want, but the reality is that "security" is a sham.

On edit: Now CNN is saying that civilian aircraft are essentially defenseless. Same point, but it's being done in a way to do nothing more than scare the living crap out of the American people. I swear, every time I make the mistake of turning on CNN, I'm gonna throw a brick through my TV.