Note to John Aravosis
Not everything revolves around American politics. Especially since the people suffering the worst of this are the Brits. I have no clue what putting lots of Brits through massive amounts of trouble as they're about to go on their summer holidays has to do with Joe Lieberman. Wouldn't the conspiracy theory make more sense if Americans were the ones being most affected? Only, they're not. Honestly? I don't think Tony Blair, from his holidays, would majorly disrupt British air travel just for George Bush and Joe Lieberman. Especially when Bush could have accomplished everything Aravosis is accusing him of (and more) by claiming the plot was going to take place from an American airport. Whether or not it has anything to do with al Qaeda remains to be seen. And if he wants to question the red alert, fine. But It's the Brits who arrested the plotters, and the track record Aravosis mentions doesn't belong to the Brits. Mentioning Jean Charles de Menezes would have made much more sense. But that was just one extremely unfortunate mistake, and people really did bomb the London Underground two weeks prior to that, and unexploded bombs had been discovered one day prior.
Let me just say that as someone who had to fly out of London yesterday and who rearranged my flight home on Sunday to go direct from Dublin rather than through Heathrow, I was able to escape the vast majority of travel restrictions by doing that. Flying from Heathrow to Dublin yesterday, I could only carry my passport and wallet on the airplane in a clear plastic bag. When I fly back to the US from Dublin tomorrow, I'll be able to carry on everything I normally would except liquids and gels. Major difference. So if someone needs a conspiracy theory, concoct one about Tony Blair (as some Brits already have). At least it would fit what happened better.