Posted on 11/09/2001 2:18:51 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
If New York Is Nuked This past week, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said emphatically that if the terrorist groups get a nuclear bomb, they will detonate it in New York. So, let's suppose a suitcase nuke is detonated in Manhattan. What should the civilians living in and around New York do? Should they flee outside the city? Should they run to their basements? It's also evident that an ounce of preparation now will do much more than pounds of after-the-fact rescue efforts. For some strange reason, our government is very reluctant to prepare its citizens for such a calamity, though acknowledging that such a calamity is not only possible, it's probable. Certainly the best defense against the use of such weapons should take place in intelligence and with our spies infiltrating terrorist networks. We discovered on Sept. 11, however, that thanks to Bill Clinton, America no longer has any real intelligence about these groups. The next layer of defense against such an attack is to hold the governments behind these terrorists accountable – but it's not clear that will be the case. Consider how difficult it has been to find the responsible party for the anthrax attacks. With our "perimeter" defenses weak, it's even more critical that Americans prepare for adequate civil defense. Civil defense is just that: defense prepared by citizens. Recently I was out on the West Coast and had dinner with Nancy Greene. Nancy, the widow of the late actor Lorne Green, is president of The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA). TACDA is a great organization that has raised alarm bells about the need for civil defense for decades. Nancy, a smart lady who has a keen understanding of international affairs and national security, gave me a brief history of civil defense in America. She said that real interest in civil defense first started with President Kennedy. After his first summit with Khrushchev in 1961, Kennedy was convinced the Russians were planning a nuclear attack on the U.S. He returned from his summit in a funk and became a hermit for three days. He then emerged from his silence with a plan. If America was going to survive, and millions of lives were to be saved, we would need a civil defense program. But Kennedy decided the Pentagon should not be involved. Instead, Kennedy called upon a friend on Madison Avenue to launch an education effort on how citizens could protect themselves in case of such an attack. The campaign worked, and was prescient as the nuclear tensions rose during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Since those days, America has let down its guard. We felt protected during the Cold War under an umbrella of nuclear-tipped missiles and a powerful military. Our enemy was definable. But now, terrorists are not so easily definable and they are not so afraid of retaliation, as the Russians were. Once again, government and the private sector need to go into partnership to educate citizens on how to create emergency disaster plans for their families. Extra food and water is a foundation of any planning. But how many American families have more than a week's supply, if that, on hand? It's also critical for citizens to have access to potassium iodide, necessary to prevent an agonizing death if radioactive iodine gets into the thyroid. But how many people know this? Why doesn't the government have a stockpile of potassium iodide? Perhaps a start would be for us to to discard Hollywood myths. A nuclear detonation does not mean the end of the world. The worst effects will likely not be caused by a nuclear blast, but rather by citizens unprepared and unknowledgeable about how to survive such a calamity.
Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:Christopher Ruddy
With all of the talk, some very serious from President Bush, about terrorists getting and using weapons of mass destruction against Americans, one would think the public should be prepared in case such a weapon is used.
Friday, Nov. 9, 2001
Homeland/Civil Defense
Bioterrorism
War on Terrorism
Think about that next time you fill up your gas tank, turn on a light, or heat up your house.
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The enemy is in this country right now. And any terrorists who are not already here are free to immigrate. The government has been doing an excellent job rounding up suspects from the last two attacks. But what about the next attack? We thought there was only one murderous Islamic cell in America the last time, too.Congress has authority to pass a law tomorrow requiring aliens from suspect countries to leave. As far as the Constitution is concerned, aliens, which is to say non-citizens, are here at this country's pleasure. They have no constitutional right to be here.
I also have a box containing "Food and Water for One Person for 14 Days." It's completely intact, and dated 1961. In the box are a few cans of water, some vitamin-C tablets, and a can of "MPF." MPF? That's Multi-Purpose-Food. Shaking the can reveals that it is some sort of powdered substance.
I'd have to have to use it - its a valuable antique.
I'm with you 100% if you want to expell all illegals, to include all with expired Visas.
The implied answer to your question is why I think there probably will not be a domestic nuke "incident" until early 2005. They KNOW what will happen now. If they wait, a Clintonite may be in office and he will unleash an anti-terrorist war on . . . anyone whose family may have owned slaves.
That calculation may have gone into the 911 thing. After 8 years of Clinton, they thought there would be a lot of bluster and no action. Which is what would have happened had they worked it one year earlier.
If this was a typical illeagal alien, there would be no problem.
Because they, and the countries that allow them to operate there, do not fear nuclear annihilation.
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