Posted on 11/05/2001 7:04:48 PM PST by Sunshine55
In keeping with what our President said, either you are with us, or against us. Although he was referring to nations, this applies equally to citizens/residents of this nation, and also applies to those in the media who are undermining our efforts.
We can all rest easy now knowing there are only "ripples of the river" remaining and the men are "long gone" without questioning.
Security forces blocked all the entrances to the building with heavy equipment and went to a maximum alert.
Good sound defensive moves. But it would have been far better to have grabbed these people and gotten them to the police for interrogation.
My advice: arm security. Apprehend suspicious-looking or oddly behaving people in the vicinity of vital buildings like this. We are in just as much trouble, or more, than we were in WWII. Let's start acting like it.
Local security people, local police:
Please stop pussy-footing around. Stop being politically correct. Start arresting and holding people who look like they need it.
The number of terrorists who have been stopped and released, even after producing suspicious ID, is appalling. A week later, when the FBI realizes who they were, is too late!
Security forces blocked all the entrances to the building with heavy equipment and went to a maximum alert.
Good sound defensive moves. But it would have been far better to have grabbed these people and gotten them to the police for interrogation.
My advice: arm security. Apprehend suspicious-looking or oddly behaving people in the vicinity of vital buildings like this. We are in just as much trouble, or more, than we were in WWII. Let's start acting like it.
Local security people, local police:
Please stop pussy-footing around. Stop being politically correct. Start arresting and holding people who look like they need it.
The number of terrorists who have been stopped and released, even after producing suspicious ID, is appalling. A week later, when the FBI realizes who they were, is too late!
The security guards in this situation should shoot first, and get a live prisoer if at all possible!
We won't get serious until we do have another 9-11 level event.
The FBI has been investigating and looking for the boat for several days now. My brother, along with several other eyewitnesses who saw it at different times, saw it and contacted the feds. It was about 20 feet long and painted up like a Coast Guard vessel - but not a perfect job. The lettering was greatly off kilter and the "crew" of about 5 people was wearing generic red jackets which were similar, but not the same as CG wears. The boat was moving at a high rate of speed and it was about 35 degrees at the time, so their wasn't much chance to see if they were "swarthy." No Coast guard hats, which all the Guard guys wear, were evident. When my brother saw them they were near a petroleum tank facility in Charleston.
There are also MANY chemical plants in the Kanawha River valley, including Monsanto, Du Pont, Clearon (chlorine), Dow (chlorine), and Aventis (they make MIC- the deadly Bhopal stuff). These plants aren't just potentially the target of bombs, they ARE potential bombs. In fact, the small town next to the power plant is named Nitro, because nitroglycerine was formerly produced there.
I don't know what the safety backups are, but needless to say, a power plant that provides the primary power for the chemical plants in the area could at the very least cause much confusion at these plants. The move on the power plant could have been a "trigger event" that, if successful, could have signalled the beginning of attacks on the other plants. It's easier to cause trouble in the dark.
A small leak of MIC in Bhopal, India killed thousands. If something like that happened here it would kill many thousands more because of the valley topography. Needless to say, I am keeping my guard up here, now fully a target in the "war zone."
The war is everywhere, and we are ALL soldiers now.
Let's roll.
A "Bhopal" would be very doable, as you saidt the gas would be contained by the topography.
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