They need 72,000 rescuers, not 72! Does anyone have a sense of scale? A Mag 7.0 earthquake is dangerous. 10 miles away and 6 miles beneath a city it is devastating. If the city is Port-au-Prince (2-3 million people and no construction standards), then it is catastrophic, the way that Hiroshima was catastrophic. I predict that at least 100,000 people will die. If I were the president, I would send all our naval assets in the Carribean to Port-au-Prince; no less than an army will be able to free the survivors trapped in the rubble in time. I read that many Haitians there think the world is ending and Jesus is coming. America could be Jesus for them.
"The real fear is that we will continue to fight this threat in full PC mode, allowing an attack that will kill millions and render large cities uninhabitable for years to come."
Is that what the terrorists are betting on? I can't think of any other reason why they haven't followed up 9/11, but that they want to let us sleep well they get nukes. I could make military grade explosive with 3 ingredients that I can order on the Internet, so why haven't they?