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To: tejek who wrote (199258)	9/1/2004 12:05:54 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) of 1574518

Since WW II, we have been told by our leaders that we are under threat from attack.....especially nukes. A nuke in Times Square is no scarier that an armada of missiles flying over our borders. The difference is that MADD worked perfectly. We all knew that the Soviet Union wouldn't attack us for fear of obliteration. MADD doesn't work with these fanatics who can't wait to give their lives to god. People who claim the fear is overstated look pretty stupid, if you ask me. And all the money we had spent on defense......the trillions over 50 years....all the elaborate preparation.....bases, secret headquarters, stealth fighters....all the worrying and fear.....generation after generation........was all for naught. Nonsense. Those expenditures (and the promise of additional future ones) won the Cold War. Hands down. Without firing a shot. That's what you WANT to have happen. The attack finally came and we were not ready nor are we ready now. We were not ready. But we are a hell of a lot more ready today than we were 3 years ago. There is no comparison. Could it still happen? A person would have to be an idiot to think it couldn't. I am fairly certain that the next attack will not be a nuclear devise in Times Square nor will it be a nuclear missile nor will it be a plane flying into the WTC. I don't know how it will come ... You don't. And I don't know how in hell you can rule out a suitcase nuke in Times Square. Smarter, more knowledgeable people than you and me combined believe it could happen. I'm not sure why we shouldn't take their word for it. But Bush has clearly taken every conceivable step to make it less likely. Still, it could happen. Why you think it won't is beyond me -- if Bush has done such a bad job, how on Earth could you make such a brash assumption??? Your remarks are just totally illogical and inconsistent. but I know one thing for certain.........starting pre emptive wars in the ME will not spare us nor prevent it. You are at odds with some of the most knowledgeable people in the world on this subject.

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