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Originally Posted by Geronimo '74
I think America took control over the airport to also protect their own borders from terrorism. Haiti could make an easy accespoint to the US right now. So I completely understand this.
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Originally Posted by J P Stein
The US military took over the air traffic control because:
1) it was broken.
2) they had the ability
3) they were the only ones that could do it in a timely manner
4) no one else volunteered
5) it would give the anti-Americans jerks something more to complain about
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You are right, all the reasons you give are probably true. Except for the last one,
I never said the only reason was to protect US borders.
I said is was ALSO to keep this backdoor, which is now wide open, closed.
This was not criticism, just an observation and a remark that this is good practice.
