One lesson we seem to have learned from the attempted airplane bombing in Detroit is that Islamist terrorists are trying to devise new ways to attack airplanes. Therefore, the security at airports we have employed since 9-11 is now known to be insufficient. What we can next expect is more security measures to detect this latest method involving an explosive powder that was brought onto the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. It is clear that the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of airline passengers are again at high risk. The question is; how do we prevent those lives from being lost?

The first step is that we have to stop playing politically correct word games with who the terrorists are. They are Muslims, not all or even most Muslims to be sure, but the people we need to look out for are Muslims. It is time to stop putting our heads in the sand on that point.