[Maringa]

If it doesn't happen now, it will happen in the future. 10 to 20 nuclear bombs going off simultaneously in various cities followed by the realease of anthrax, smallpox, VX would probably finish off our country, killing probably in the tens of millions. I am not convinced that they will have a small nuclear weapon but possibly stolen 1 Mt variety from old Russion stockpiles. Our military would be unharmed, but they would be recalled to assist in recovering our nation. Our nation would be paralyzed for years, while Europe and Russion become the next battlefront of the Al-Quaeda. Doomsday scenario? Yes...but that day is coming closer and closer.

[Orangedog]

If it doesn't happen now, it will happen in the future. 10 to 20 nuclear bombs going off simultaneously in various cities followed by the realease of anthrax, smallpox, VX would probably finish off our country, killing probably in the tens of millions.

Anyone with 10 to 20 nuclear bombs doesn't need anthrax, smallpox, or vx. Besides, wasn't the Soviet Union rumored to once have had several man-portable "suitcase" nukes already deployed in several major cities back during the cold war?

[eno_]

Our reponse, so far, has been so weak and un-serious that, while you paint a worst-case scenario, it would still be easy to believe the threat is multi-layered. For example, Smallpox + VX, or nuke + anthrax.

We needed to deport all illegal Moslems and closely scrutinize every naturalized citizen and permanent resident from all the Moslem terrorist nations for links to radicalism. We needed to make our borders much harder to sneak across. We did neither of these things and thousands, perhaps millions, will die because we failed in this.

[denydenydeny]

The thing to remember is that nuclear weapons are not like other bombs. They are incredibly complex and need constant maintenance or they will be useless after a relatively short time.

They can't be "stored" anywhere where there aren't the most skilled technicians to maintain them constantly. They will tend to become big radioactive paperweights otherwise.