It has become fashionable on these FR threads to trivialize or satirize these ominous warnings when they have appeared lately. This may be legitimate as a reaction to a new wave of leftist alarmism running in coordination with the publication of Imperial Hubris and the wide exposure given its author who echoes these warnings. Or, and I hope this is not the case, it might just be that the supporters of Israel somehow connect these scenarios with a possible abandonment of Israel and thus must dismiss the whole discussion. See, Uncertain Trumpet: Imperial Hubris is an alarming book. National Review ^ | Sept. 27, 2004 | David Frum, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281603/posts
Those of us who have been posting these concerns for over a year about the possibility of a WMD strike want the danger evaluated on its own merits without reference to collateral political issues.
The whole of our democracy, our economic life and our culture are at stake.
Call them what they are - what the military calls them - NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) weapons. Much more accurate. If we start CALLING them what they actually are as opposed to softening the language (like we do ohhh so often in this country) maybe more people will take notice.