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
My ancestors were Dane not Dene, and the Danes spell it Danmark.
I'm sorry I used the term "rant," if it didn't apply.
I do not disagree that this should be a war.
However, I don't see us doing what's needed to deter terrorists from ever doing it again.
The only thing that will really work in the long term is to react
in a manner which causes future generations of our enemy (if any)
to lose bowel control at the mere mention of America.
I don't agree with deporting terrorists.
If they have been found to have taken part in any terrorist
activity against the US, they should just be shot.
The 'educated' elite you speak of, IMO, are part of the culture of death. They can't sort out their own lives, so they fanatasize the demise of the human race. They seem to work towards that end. It is evident in their speech.
BTW, I like the 'Gadsden' part of your screen name. Just yesterday, while picketing a 'politically correct' business, I carried a Gadsden flag in one hand a the Confederate Battle flag in the other and got much positive response for both.
If New York Is Nuked.......
I'll just have one more reason to thank God that I live in TEXAS.
"In 1992, voters chose to reject a President of known moral character for an unknown whose moral perfidy was well-known to, but not mentioned by, most reporters of national stature.... he was known as 'the dirty joke Governor....'"
I'll just have one more reason to thank God that I live in TEXAS.
Also think about the traitorous Tom Daschel who has tabled the ANWAR bill. The man should be arrested for treason. But I am sure the South Dakota voters will continue to keep him in office, even if the entire country is nuked.
It's 2021 and a father is showing his young son a picture book about New York. He turns the page and there is a photo of the World Trade Center.
Boy: Dad, what are those buildings?
Father: They were the World Trade Center, but they're not there anymore.
Boy: Why?
Father: Because in 2001, Arab fanatics hijacked 2 airplanes and crashed them into the buildings. The buildings were completely destroyed and there were thousands of people killed. It was the worst atrocity in United States history.
Boy: That is really sad Dad, but I didn't understand one of the words that you said.
Father: I'm sorry, I guess you don't know what "atrocity" means, huh?
Boy: No. I know what "atrocity" means. But what the hell is an Arab?
That was taken from THIS Thread. Check THIS OUT! !:
No, it doesn't.
You did a good job correcting the wild overestimates of the number of dead from the blast, then you turn around and wildly overestimate the number of radiation deaths...
A "suitcase nuke" would be less than a tenth the size of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs, and even *they* didn't kill more than about 100,000 people *combined*, which includes the blast, fire, *and* radiation fatalities.
LOL! Just add two parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen. Of course, if you want it on the heavy side just add three parts Hydrogen.
But then what would you do with all the leftover electrons?
Those mocking Y2K had best not ignore 9/11. Fools are much less sympathetic than innocents.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki had nowhere near the population density of New York City. Factor that into your calculations.
FUTURE WIDOWS OF AMERICA: WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN
NOW IS THE TIME TO CANCEL ALL VISAS!! WE MUST DEPORT ALL ALIENS, ENACT A MORATORIUM ON IMMIGRATION!!!
I don't agree with the title of this link. I think deportation should be selectively aimed at people from dangerous countries. But I include this link because it is a good discussion on the subject.
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