CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 2, 2026
THE CO-PILOT OF A FLYDUBAI PLANE STABBED THE CAPTAIN ON A FLIGHT TO TEL AVIV WEDNESDAY. THE CAPTAIN OPENED THE CABIN DOOR TO LET IN PASSENGERS. THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HIS LIFE, THE ALL THE PASSENGERS. HE IS IN A SAUDI ARABIA HOSPITAL. ON BOARD WERE TWO OFF DUTY PILOTS WHO MANAGED TO SAFELY LAND THE PLANE.
THERE IS NO VICTORY OVER RELIGIOUS FANATICISM, ONLY VIGILIANCE.
THE NEW YORK TIMES SAID THERE WAS NO KNOWN MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK. A PASSENGER HEARD THE CO-PILOT YELL “GOD IS GREAT” IN ARABIC. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH, BUT THE TIMES TIPTOES AROUND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM, PERHAPS BELIEVING THE CRAZIES WON’T BLOW UP THEIR BUILDING.
LIKE THE PLANE THAT WAS TAKEN OVER FROM HIJACKERS BY BRAVE MEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AND CRASHED INTO A PENNSYLVANIA FIELD, THE DUBAI PLANE INCIDENT ALSO ENDED WITH A VICTORY OVER TERRORISM, BUT WITHOUT THE LOSS OF LIFE.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, WHO GREETED SOME OF THE PASSENGERS AT BEN GURION AIRPORT, IS UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS MONTH. HE SHOULD BE GIVEN ANOTHER TERM BECAUSE HE IS NOT IN DENIAL ABOUT THE THREAT TO ISRAEL AND HAS BEEN ITS FAITHFUL PROTECTOR. I’M, CAL THOMAS.
