Instapundit.com noted this, and with good reason I think.
A nuclear and unstable middle east is a fairly decent reason to lose sleep.
There are more ways to game this than hours in the days. Suppose just one or two crude nuclear devices get on the loose... what could happen? As important, what if they already have?
I think most governments, even most whacko governments, would try very hard not to see them used. Threats, you bet. Probably very quiet ones though....
Actually a big bangadaboom? That would make even the craziest dictator types hide underground and pray to whatever God of the week they have (or don't).
But.... these folks have multiple generations who have been immersed in nothing but 'Israel is evil and must die' sung to a chorus of 'America is even worse'. Just a few short decades ago Herr Hitler and his minions created a hell on earth with only a few years of preparation. In the middle east, they have had generations, if not centuries.
How possible is it that one determined, intelligent, and resourceful whack job has the
means and money to snag a dirty nuke and use it where the voices tell him to?
How possible is that one such whack job could orchestrate the destruction of the world trade center with only a few years and a few hundred thousand dollars?
Change is inevitable. Rapid change is troubling. Drastic rapid change is deadly, when societies are concerned. An overnight restructuring, or de-structuring, of the worlds fossil fuel supply would be drastic indeed.
Imagine your world tomorrow, should gas go to $20 a gallon tonight, if you are allowed any at all.....
Maybe I'll go dig out some of those old FEMA books I have stashed away....
A nuclear and unstable middle east is a fairly decent reason to lose sleep.
There are more ways to game this than hours in the days. Suppose just one or two crude nuclear devices get on the loose... what could happen? As important, what if they already have?
I think most governments, even most whacko governments, would try very hard not to see them used. Threats, you bet. Probably very quiet ones though....
Actually a big bangadaboom? That would make even the craziest dictator types hide underground and pray to whatever God of the week they have (or don't).
But.... these folks have multiple generations who have been immersed in nothing but 'Israel is evil and must die' sung to a chorus of 'America is even worse'. Just a few short decades ago Herr Hitler and his minions created a hell on earth with only a few years of preparation. In the middle east, they have had generations, if not centuries.
How possible is it that one determined, intelligent, and resourceful whack job has the
means and money to snag a dirty nuke and use it where the voices tell him to?
How possible is that one such whack job could orchestrate the destruction of the world trade center with only a few years and a few hundred thousand dollars?
Change is inevitable. Rapid change is troubling. Drastic rapid change is deadly, when societies are concerned. An overnight restructuring, or de-structuring, of the worlds fossil fuel supply would be drastic indeed.
Imagine your world tomorrow, should gas go to $20 a gallon tonight, if you are allowed any at all.....
Maybe I'll go dig out some of those old FEMA books I have stashed away....
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