Posted on 08/15/2007 4:41:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
1.) Tragically, horrifyingly, but quite predictably, it’s going to happen. The only question being which American city or cities?
In a recent conversation with a former high level intelligence operative of our government, I raised the possibility of terrorists successfully detonating a nuclear weapon within the United States. His response was sobering in its hopelessness.
First, he stressed how grateful he was that he did not work in Washington, DC, and that his family lived far enough out to survive the coming nuclear blast. When I pressed him as to why he was so sure that Islamic terrorists – with or without the help of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez – would eventually hit DC or another American city with a nuclear weapon, his anger boiled out.
He pointed the finger squarely at our politicians and our politically correct, left-leaning media, who, in his opinion, have “sealed our fate.” He spoke of politicians from both sides of the aisle who consider border security nothing more than a cheap tool to be used for their reelection and enrichment. He despaired about a media that not only gleefully leaks our nation’s most trusted secrets for partisan gain, but then willingly acts as a propaganda tool for the very terrorists intent on our total destruction.
He warned of the hundreds of “loose nukes” floating around our planet. He patiently explained that the former Soviet Union (no matter what they or our government claim), can’t account for a number of their nuclear warheads. That North Korea may well have a few they are willing to sell to terrorists to prop up their totalitarian regime. That Pakistan – already a nuclear power – may soon fall victim to the Islamic extremists trying to overthrow that government. Of an Iran further ahead in their development of nuclear weapons than thought. And last, but not least, he spoke of the thousands of cruise missiles unaccounted for around the world. A number of those missiles being nuclear tipped.
In short, because of what he portrayed as a “betrayal by those sworn to protect us,” a nuclear attack within our nation, in his mind, is “inevitable.”
2.) When said attack comes, you and your family are on your own. Period. My friend stressed that “our government won’t be there to help us. It is broken beyond repair and incapable of assisting those most affected by the blast.”
He talked of critical infrastructures like water, electricity, fuel, banks, our food supply, medical services, police and firefighters, being unavailable for weeks or months. He warned of the blind panic that would follow such an explosion. Of the looting, of neighbor turning on neighbor to take what they don’t have for their own survival. Of our economy suffering an economic loss in the trillions of dollars.
Knowing this, are you prepared? Can you and your family ride out the frighteningly unpredictable weeks or months following the loss of an American city and its inhabitants? If you are not in the city hit, can you survive?
You must ask yourself this question. For, unless there is a miraculous epiphany about to be visited upon our self-centered politicians, then such an attack is certain.
If our politicians and the voters continue to suicidally put party and partisan politics before the welfare and security of our nation, then the terrorists will find the opening to hit us.
Our government and media are failing us. Prepare for the worst.
Yawn....
Scaremongering by a clueless asshat.
The ensuing panic would be by the people running around right now with their head up their fourth point of contact.
BUT GOD.....
” Our government and media are failing us. Prepare for the worst. “
Doesn’t just apply to a nuc blast - or even terrorist action...
Anyone who is counting on Gummint to save us from any catastrophic event - from attack to natural disaster to economic collapse - is living in a dreamland.....
One more thing to know: The weapon was WALKED across the frickin’ border.
I’ll buy the inevitable nuclear/biological attack. But the panic and financial crash? Violence of neighbor-on-neighbor outside the affected area? No government services for months? Baloney.
ping!
Use those anonymous, high-ranking government sources for your stories quickly!
Nothing clueless about being prepared. We here in hurricane country have seen firsthand what goes on when civilization breaks down.
The media and government never told the people all that went on after Andrew.
I'd get serious about getting prepared.
The only part of this that is right is the trillions of dollars part.
Rescuers were all over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in hours, not days. And these terrorists would be unbelieveably lucky to engineer a 12-18 kT explosion - 0.5-1.0 kT is much more like it.
Why wouldn't we do better than the war-scarred Japanese?
Of course we would.
Thank you.
Read later.
I am not worried, except for the hordes of idiots that are going to come swarming north or west from the blast site. That is the reason to have firearms and ammo.
And lots of water and spaghetti.
family lived far enough out to survive the coming nuclear blast
How does he know his family is far enough out? Does he know the City/Cities to be hit?
lol we've had that swarm from the north in FL for years!
The only valid point here is this:
Our gov’t, at all levels (fed, state, local) have abdicated their primary responsibilities.
Borders are uncontrolled, invaders allowed to walk our cities.
Convicted criminals are turned back onto the streets via weak sentencing.
Drug users never held responsible for accidents, lost productivity or health care cost.
Infrastructure (air, roads, rail) incapable of handling the growth in population.
Infrastructure (air, roads, rail) not maintained properly.
Social services abused by the in-eligible and mismanaged.
Billions of dollars lost by gov’t agencies.
Law enforcement officers that are untrained, incompetent and neutered.
Need I go on?
Billions of dollars lost by gov’t agencies.
Please correct to Trillions.
I have serious doubts that there are any “suitcase bombs” out there in the wilderness. It does seem to be the subject of constant apprehension, kind of like global warming. I guess we just never trusted the Soviets to tell the truth about anything.
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