More Thoughts: Magicians, Pay Attention: Can You Make a 777 and 239 People Disappear?
Monday, March 31st, 2014Three-plus weeks into the hunt for the Malaysian airliner, and not a sign.
So, suppose we never find the plane, or we are never able to determine with any assurance what caused it’s demise. No one ever claims credit.
It seems to me that we are quickly getting to the point where the mystery has generated more global awareness and concern about the mystery itself than would have been the case is someone or some group had claimed responsibility for the plane’s demise.
Is “demise” even the right word to described what happened?
Most of us would get on a 777 tomorrow, under the assumption that whatever happened was an anomaly.
Within the next year, suppose another 777 disappears in a similar manner. We never find it, or we never determine what happened, and no one ever claims credit.
Making a mystery….can it be more powerful than being able to bring down a plane?
For many of you who are in the business of thinking these incidents and threats through to logical conclusions, not being able to figure out this one out must be frustrating. I have seen less commentary from inside the intelligence community about this incident than I have on any other that I can remember.
Not knowing cause and affect has a powerful influence on our psyche, confidence, trust in the future.
Is there a magician at work here?
Let me know what you think. Send me a note at john@lsi-llc.com, and I’ll share your thoughts with our readers.
Thanks,
John