A guy dons explosive underwear, 'just some guy' to be PC. He passes unnoticed through a gauntlet of government barriers relying on the fact that he is designated as 'just some guy' and attempts to ignite said underwear over Detroit. He fails.
He fails, not due to the government barriers that we are all inconvenienced by, but rather by an alert individual who got out of his seat to end the threat. Just to be clear the would be bomber failed due to individual action rather than collective action.
Oh, so embarrassing to bureaucracy when inconvenience is unnaturally upended as a piss-ant individual inconveniences government. What's government to do? Why, institute a new guideline criminalizing individuals getting up in the last hour of the flight, of course. Then claim faulty ignition saved the flight (a kernel of truth?) , then for good measure, calmly claim "The system worked.". Multiple times. And lastly, Have Obama attempt to paint the bomber as an isolated extremist.
Sigh.
Added: From Miles O'Brian at True Slant.
The truth is the only aspect of our post 9/11 defense that has turned out to be 100% effective are the passengers themselves. Without really thinking about it we have become an airborne militia – all watching and ready to kick al Qaeda butt at the drop of… a pair of trousers. It began in Shanksville – it effectively thwarted the shoe-bomber – and now Captain Underpants.
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