The ultimate sacrifice

[Skybird]

Pilots and commanders had to consider what they would do in a worst case scenario where they had a Taleban or al-Qaeda commander in their sights and found themselves out of ammunition or suffered a weapons failure.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6521311.stm

http://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/...aid_52500.html

said one pilot:

Originally Posted by Focus

„Nach Ihnen, Sir. Ich bin dabei, wenn mir der General vorher zeigt, wie es geht.“ (After you, Sir. I'm joining if the general would show me before how it is done). "

Such an order would cost a lot of money: 73 million for a Typhoon, and 9 million for the pilot's training.

P.S. Al Quaeda commanders I would not consider to be a worthy target for a Kamikaze attack. They are simply not important enough, and are too easy to be replaced. nice to get rid of them, but not at that price. On the other hand: maybe wouldn't it have an impact on their attitude and moral if they see the enemy (us) going for them even if it would cause the enemy to die himself? Would it make a difference if they see an enemy confronting them as death-defying as they claim to be themselves?

But to stop an airliner from being flown into a WTC building... an option hard to be ignorred... At what ratio the value of a single life must be considered to be of lower importance than the life of many? 1:10? 1:100? 1:1000? 1:1 million? Ask yourself.