Posted on 04/15/2008 7:46:17 PM PDT by kingattax
More Emergency Prep Could Be Done, Experts Tell Senate --
Concerned that not enough attention is being paid to the risk of a nuclear attack, a Senate committee yesterday looked at the consequences of such a terrorist strike in Washington -- and said that more could be done to save lives.
A hearing, called by the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, featured charts showing the horrific effects of a small nuclear device detonating near the White House. It was the panel's third session in recent months on the threat of a nuclear explosion.
"The scenarios we discuss today are so hard for us to contemplate and so emotionally traumatic that it is tempting to push them aside," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), the panel's chairman. "However, now is the time to have this difficult conversation, to ask the tough questions, then to get answers."
The committee summoned witnesses yesterday who said the risk of such an attack on U.S. cities has grown in the past five years because of the spread of nuclear technology and the growth of a global terrorist movement.
"I definitely conclude the threat is greater and is increasing every year with the march of technology," said Cham E. Dallas, director of the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense at the University of Georgia.
Yet the experts agreed that even such a disaster didn't constitute the doomsday scenario imagined during the Cold War. Most District residents would survive. And "much could be done to save lives" if the government made the right preparations in advance, said Ashton B. Carter, co-director of the Preventive Defense Project at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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march of technology my a$$ ! the threat has increased because any terrorist cockroach that wants to can easily march across our borders
it's obvious that our government and congress is infested with anti-american vermin and somehow real american patriots have got to see to it that our borders are defended and CLOSED !
Let me get this straight. The chance of a nuclear bomb exploding in the U.S. is on the rise but everytime some terrorist is sprayed with water we are the bad guys?
I’m going to bed.
I no longer desire the spending of so much as a dime for the protection Washington...not until the States that really matter are safe.
Paging the Captain Obvious graphic...
I’ve come to the point where whenever I see an article like this published by the MSM, I say, what is the agenda? What and who are they trying to protect or push?
In this case, Obama is on record of wanting to get rid of all nuclear weapons worldwide. He’s one of those “bilateral disarmament” guys. We know this is going to come out of the woodwork before the election.
This is the beginning of protection by the MSM for him on this issue, IMHO.
Wide open, lawless, chaotic borders are the answer!
If the strike just took out the politicians and lobbyists, the consequences could be very beneficial to the nation.
Two minutes to midnight!
That's a valid concern, so I think everyone in Congress should take a 20 year vacation in Aruba or some place.
Just remember that at midnight, a new day begins.
Have you ever checked out the old Civil Defense movies on YouTube? The House in the Middle is one of my favorites. If you keep a clean house you too might survive a nuclear war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t_5wthG0Wc
The Day called X is an interesting one hosted by Glenn Ford about Portland facing a nuclear bomber attack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-cwHA39HIc
The fun part starts at 1:05.
One in a series of Public Information Films (PIFs) produced in the late 1970s for the UK civil defense program. These films were to have been transmitted during the pre-attack period of a Soviet invasion of western Europe.
Countrywide rejoicing?
“Have you ever checked out the old Civil Defense movies on YouTube?...”
Interesting stuff! Thanks!!!
Thanks for this article.
The Washington Times (D.C.’s other newspaper) has an article running today
‘Nuclear attack on D.C. a hypothetical disaster’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/METRO/556828862/1001
liberals are an unending source of wonder and amazement
The NFL draft is less than two weeks away!!
Hello FRiend, agreed, MSM states the obvious as though they’re informing the illiterate unwashed masses of things they’d not otherwise realize.
I have intense feelings about nuke war due to the following:
January 2005 I had a vision of nuclear war coming to America.
It’s my first, last, and only vision ever.
When I was having it, it was as tho’ electric currents were running thru my body. It was MORE REAL than anything I have felt in my 50 years.
Sadly, I am left believing that our beloved country will be attacked with nuclear weapons.
The place the attack occurred in my vision was Jefferson City, MO, the capital city of Missouri.
My sense was that there were other cities being nuked simultaneously.
I pray the vision never comes to pass.
amen
domestic jihad bump
The American voter will kill themselves by electing Democrats.
Thanks.
Have read predictions for more than 30 years of Washington DC’s . . . transformation . . .
Have long believed it . . . likely to occur at some point.
At this point, it looks increasingly likely . . . even scheduled by the globalist tyranny idiots.
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