The Jihad Shuffle

I've decided to coin the term "The Jihad Shuffle" for the routine one must go through when going through airport security. It consists of: Waiting in line, taking everything out of your pockets and taking off your shoes, watch, belt and rings, walking through the metal detector, the getting redressed, putting everything back in your pockets. I can never help to think that a few people's actions has caused everyone to go through the Jihad shuffle. Beginning with Nobel prize winner, Yasser Arafat's hijackings in the late 1960's/ early 1970's, the FAA began screening passengers in 1973.

I wouldn't mind it as much if they weren't so politically correct. Arab-looking young males are given a pass while 8 year old white girls and old grandmas are patten down. How many Muslims are security screeners, by the way? Of course not every Muslim is a terrorist, but a recent Times (UK) poll revealed that 10% of British Muslims would not turn in a fellow Muslim who he knew to be planning aterrorist attack. While 10% is in a strong minority, 10% of 3 million US would yield 300,000 collaborators. So let's use 10%. 10% of Muslims security screeners would give a pass to Muslim terrorists they found with a bomb. Comforting right?