Okay. I guess.
I'm just thankful we are still here.
http://www.hernandotoday.com/MGB8A272TUD.html
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - At 7 a.m. on Saturday, Frank Floyd walked through the foyer of the five-story Khobar Petroleum Center and greeted security guard Saleh al Shaya with customary cheeriness. He then headed upstairs to his second-floor office to begin signing paychecks for employees.
A little over 30 minutes later, four black-clad men with assault guns stormed into the building, demanding to know the whereabouts of non-Muslims and forcing the stunned security guard onto the floor. The next time al Shaya saw Frank Floyd, the lifeless middle-aged executive was slumped over his desk.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/8801106.htm?1c
"...In an attempt to anticipate other all-too-imaginable threats, Congress has just allocated billions for bioterrorism prevention -- three years after the "Dark Winter" wargame exercise posited the idea of the release of smallpox in three American cities. That exercise predicted 1 million dead. Yet as The Washington Post notes, "Of the 57 countermeasures that the Defense Science Board listed in 2000 as necessary to protect the country against known bioterror agents, only two are available..."
Yikes. This portion really got my attention. Does that mean there were only 2 available in 2000, or now?
Am off to google for "dark winter."
I'm glad we're here, too.
But I hope we uhhhh learn the lesson, hint, All!