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To: Scumbria who wrote (130195)	12/29/2000 10:53:31 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571928

Re: "Another 1906 sized earthquake in San Francisco would probably do that as well. Not to mention a release of anthrax or neurotoxins in a major city.." No need to conjure up disasters. What about all the babies that are killed each year right here in the good o'l USA? 100% preventable and 100% dead. EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (130195)	12/29/2000 11:00:55 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571928

"Not to mention a release of anthrax or neurotoxins in a major city." Sadly this is true. Biological or chemical weapons (just imagine VX in any major airport) are a much more potent threats than ICBMs lofting over the poles. Sure, we are getting closer to being able to stop them, but we have effective ways to stop a calvary charge also. The days of ICBMs are numbered, the classic problem with the military is they are always beautifully prepared to fight the last war. Rarely does an opportunity arise, like in Desert Storm, to fight the war you are prepared to fight. Okay, Desert Storm actually was a WWII style war and not like Vietnam or Korea, but you catch my drift. In that respect, we are still not well prepared to fight a nasty, ill-defined war like those two proved to be...