To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (200629 ) 11/8/2001 5:52:52 AM From: Walkingshadow Read Replies (1) | Respond to <<Taliban do not have a major power supporting them in their battle.>> eight burly paramedics restrain a skinny little 10-year old kid who had overdosed on PCP. You would never have believed it had you not been there. And that wasn't the only time, and was hardly an exception. It is absolutely unbelievable what humans are capable of under extreme circumstances. I have seen it many times, sir. I know. I also saw what happens to people who underestimated such things in emergency rooms. It was not pretty.<<Taliban are rejected by many who live in Afghanistan. <<Our forces and technology can identify with remote undetected sensors what and where the Taliban and Arabs are hiding and any movement. >> <<Bad weather also freezes the enemy in place. >> << As to future terrorism....I expect that many have been detected and detained and other plans may have been destroyed by the actions to freeze money and look closely at all suspects. >> seven nuclear weapons get through. The sort of damage that even one of those could cause would make the 9/11 disaster small potatoes. But worse yet, nuclear weapons are not the major source of potential damage, but biologicals. A computer simulation published in the journal Science about a month ago showed that spraying Oklahoma City on a windless night with smallpox (technologically quite feasible, BTW) would cause, in one month's time, one million deaths and three million sick worldwide and virtually all economies halted in their tracks. These considerations and others lead me to conclude that any defense is misguided, that the only possible course is an overwhelming offense.<<In my prior posts I spoke poorly and I apologize if my words caused offense. >> thank God ---this ain't Afghanistan or any other two-bit excuse for a country. This is the greatest country this planet has ever seen. And may it endure and flourish, with the grace of God.
