Posted on 08/16/2006 11:54:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
With the smirkiness of Iran's president and talk of a BIG surprise coming, and since August 22 is fast approaching, I fear the release of the many suitcase nukes that came across our non-eixtent borders and are missing.
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The down side would be that my wife and child, not to mention myself, would be victims of this.
I know it's just a joke, but 60,000 lost lives is 60,000 too many be they conservative or liberal.
Newsflash: A nuclear weapon set off in LA would kill a freaking ton of people. This study brought to you by the Do I Really Need To Explain This To Everyone Foundation.
But how many of those are illegals??
I don't need a stupid study to tell me this. Harry showed it to us on August 6, 1945.
They had to do a "study" to figure this out? Jeez!
And what country owns the Port of Long Beach? Definitely not the US.
My question is, WHY are they announcing this? Maybe I'm just being naive, but isn't it better when the terrorists DON'T know which places would cause the most damage if they're hit?
I assume this article is meant to support the notion that we should be inspecting 100% of the containers comming into this country.
I have no fundamental problem with this...
However, No terrorist is going to risk having their precious nuke discovered even of only 1% of all containers are being searched.
They will detonate it in port, probably aboard ship...
Thank you CBS for giving terrorists an Idea.
I moved my family from Long Beach, CA., to "TinyTownUSA" after 911 for just this reason. After 911 I kept expecting a container nuke in Long Beach Harbor every day. I kept my camping gear ready, emergency supplies ready, some cash, and fretted about it every day. For instance, I'd be at a client up in West LA and the whole time I'd be worried if I didn't have enough gas in my truck to get back to Long Beach and get my wife and daughter out of there to somewhere safe.
It was a living nightmare for me. So in 2002 we moved to a small (<10,000) town in a rural county, and I have my sanity back. I do miss the great business atmosphere that I had in West LA, with clients that I could cherry pick from (I'm a self employed computer gunslinger), but life is much better today than what it was then, and that's the measuring stick that's important.
"Study: Nuclear Blast At Port Could Kill 60,000"
Maybe we should use electronic surveillance to prevent such an attack? Oh, that's right the Dems are against it.
Maybe we should coordinate information between the FBI and the CIA? Opps they are against that also.
Quote: "So the Dems have activated their sleeper cell agents in the media. The talking points have begun. Ports not safe, We're not safe, You're not safe, Bush making everybody unsafe."
I disagree and think it is playing into Bush's hands. Anytime National Security is the issue, the dems are highly vulnerable. The counter arguments are endless. To wit, what about placing those who would detonate the bomb under surveillance? Oh wait, the dems say you can't do that. What about interrogating those involved in such plots? Oh wait, the dems say you can't do that. What about preventing the damn terrorists from getting the damn bomb in the first place? Oh wait, the dems say we have to rely on the UN and can't take preemptive military action.
What the dems propose to do is create more unionized government jobs to check every container before they are unloaded. Great, but if the ship even gets into the port before the container is offloaded it would still cause massive death and destruction.
I would have to say I'm in total agreement with both of you!
And it has been this same way, as long as I can remember.
Probably won't change until they are no more.
The lamestream media did not give them any new ideas. The enemy is flawed, but not totally stupid. I'll make a prediction though: If they try it at all, Al-Q will likely attempt to bomb multiple ports simultaneously, not just one port. The shock of Pearl Harbor would pale by comparison.
I wouldn't worry too much. We'll be able to track and intercept the financial transactions that were conducted to buy the bomb.
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