The Prophetic Airport Experience

The UK Daily Mail reports that police at Brussels airport have written an open letter to the public claiming that at least 50 Islamic State supporters are “working there as baggage handlers, cleaners and catering staff.” Reporting from the letter, the Daily Mail says, “the officers said they have warned about the terrorist sympathizers whose security badges give them access to planes, but they remain employed. The airport police, who are threatening to go on strike because of security deficiencies, also said they have raised the issue of terrorists scouting the airport to plan possible attacks.” What many Americans do not know, is that the same thing is likely taking place at major airports across the US.

During one of my air travels, I was alarmed by the number of Muslim women working in security at Dulles Airport. After checking through the first line of scanners, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I stated that it seemed imprudent to risk employing in airport security the very people whose religion aims to kill us all. He assured me that there were multiple security layers at the airport and that the Muslim workers were no risk. My suspicions, however, are not allayed, but rather intensified, after reading reports that police in the recently attacked Brussels airport are threatening to strike because their concerns are not being addressed.

The trouble here is naiveté, political correctness, and just plain stupidity. The Belgian police union notes that police had raised concerns about airport security four days before the recent terrorist attacks, and nothing was done to address them. Politicians are so busy trying to convince the public that Islam is the peaceful religion that they place lives in harms way. The Muslim “civil rights” groups are so aggressive crying foul every time a Muslim is singled out as a possible threat to human life, that the authorities are afraid of them. In reality, the politicians are putting us all at risk by allowing these Muslim groups to take away our right to protect ourselves in the name of equality and nondiscrimination. How absurd.

What happens when the fox guards the henhouse? Dead chickens. Does the benefit of being nondiscriminatory outweigh the risk of having someone who adheres to the beliefs of a death cult work to protect those that the cult seeks to destroy? Former President George W Bush was often quoted saying that terrorists needed to be right only once, and American security wrong only once for there to be a major terrorist disaster. Belgium is an unfortunate example. Genesis 16:12 describes Ishmael, who Muslims claim as their founding father: “And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.” And sadly, this is the prophetic airport experience today for all who travel and for those who genuinely seek to protect innocents from terrorists.