Scare Tactics
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After Pearl Harbor, young American flyers eagerly volunteered to board American bombers that were flying missions over hostile territory. In the early stages of WWII, they had less than a 50% chance of returning alive. Today, the average American is afraid to board a commercial jet over our own skies. Does Osama bin Laden know something we’re afraid to admit?
Doug Hall
Culver City
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