Let me put it this way ...when a nuke goes off in the US (note: I did not say 'if') you can be sure of three things:
i) It will NOT be Russian (with apologies to those that still wait for Commie bastichs parachuting down one early dawn)
ii) It will have strong connections with Pakistan (that 'ally' of the US that also happens to be the world's leading - propagator of Islamic radicalism and terrorism through the ISI - number one Madrassas spot - proliferator of nuclear technology through the A.Q.Khan network - strong anti-American). If Bush had b@lls he would have named it as one of the axis-of-evil countries (it deserves it more than N.Korea and Iran do), but politics always prevails. The idiot Obama will obviously not do it.
iii) The mules will be Islamic radicals ...but will not be the swarthy Arab looking folk many FReepers think the enemy 'looks like.' Chechens are very much a part of Al Queda and global Jihad, and many have fair skin, light hair, and blue eyes. There is a reason profiling in Israel is an art done by very well trained individuals ...but some here think that the solution is to pull out every olive skinned Arab, while the other side on the Left thinks it is pulling out granny or/and having lactating mothers drink their breast milk.
Anyways, that day approaches. I pray that the good Lord foils the plans of the wicked.
Always the voice of sanity and reason pouring cold water on a good panic, eh.
Sounds like conventional warfare won’t do much to prevent this kind of attack. We would need MUCH more robust intelligence sources - eyes and ears in the right places.
Perhaps we should be pouring money into training translators and building radiation detectors.