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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (4726)	10/13/2001 11:46:26 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

So the slaughter of 6,000 people has affected US, and other countries, foreign policy. Anyone hazard a guess as to what a larger, more widespread, death toll (whether from biochem warfare or other means) might do to policy? don't worry about chemical weapons. although pretty easy to make, they would have a hard time killing lots of people. Like radiological weapons (imagine nuclear plant waste wrapped around a conventional bomb), they would be more of a nuisance than a major national security danger. As for biological weapons, I still wouldn't worry too much. The really scary stuff--as the review notes, things like genetically engineered superbugs--are almost certainly a very unlikely scenario for many years. So: I highly doubt there will be another attack with a higher death toll than 9/11 anytime soon. Possible, of course, but not likely. As for its effects on policy, impossible to predict because it would depend on what the attack was, who did it, etc. tb@don'tworry,behappy.com