Airport Insecurity Update - Don't worry!

I have ranted about airport and airline security before. The fact that we are still reacting to new threats, instead of adjusting our own strategies in order for them to meet possible new threats before they arise, just simply puzzles me! Now we are at a point where apparently over 30% of the American public is convinced that 9/11 was not only a stroke of genius but above and beyond that some sort of US government conspiracy.
The ingredients were as simple as it gets; minimum amount of flight school, a valid boarding pass, 3 to 4 guys per aircraft that are willing to die, one boxcutter, open and accessible cockpit doors and zero airport security! That's all there was too it. Judging by the mere chaos that ensued in the Bush government after the fact is a testament that this had nothing to do with any conspiracy.
Anyway, the bad news is that as I write this Blog we are not one step further. Discussions whether air marshals are allowed not to shave or wear casual in order to blend in, outrage about profiling and the constant bickering about the time it takes to process people through the lines. If you want to clarify for yourself where we stand with the security at the airport or on board the airplanes these days I would like to put your attention towards the gold standard in airport and airplane security: EL AL, the Israeli national airline!
Here are just three parameters to compare to what El AL is doing these days; EL AL spends on average $ 77 per passenger on security procedures - here in the US we spend an average of $ 6 per passenger! At EL AL they believe that it takes a minimum of 3 hours to security-clear an airplane and its passengers - here in the US we do that currently in 20 minutes! EL AL has a clear profiling strategy; They divide the passenger in three groups. The first group is Jews that pose the lowest risk. The second group are all the none-Jewish people. The third group is everybody that either looks ethnically Arabic or carries and Arabic name! In Israel that is considered common sense. After all 100% of all terrorist attacks on airports and/or airplanes over the last 10 years have been committed by people of that background. Over here it is racial profiling and therefore politically incorrect, or not kosher! There was a time when the US was the gold standard in everything it puts its mind too it. It seems to me that these times are gone, and with it the security!