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To: Win Smith who wrote (20364)	3/1/2002 7:34:02 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Getting a little apoplectic there or what? IMO, I think Krauthammer stated the situation as it truly is. Now if yourself and others wish to remain in denial about the threat that exists to the US now, and in the immediate future, I suggest you contemplate all the ways in which WMDs can be smuggled into (or developed in) this country. I can tell you right now that every spring we see thousands of pleasure craft migrate northward from the Carribean, with only a few ever facing inspection. Any one of which could contain a potential weapon capable to sickening (and eventually killing) thousands (if a dirty nuke), or potentially millions if it's a biological weapon with a strain similar to the Spanish flu of 1918. The very oceans which have generally secured the US for several hundred years now could present the one viral obstacle that could entice terrorists to use biological warfare, in the belief that the virus or pathogen would not be able to survive across those bodies of water. And we still have discussed economic bio-terrorism, such as hoof and mouth disease, wheat or rice rust, and any number of other methods for disrupting our economy. No.. I'm sorry. I believe Krauthammer has it right and the best defense is a powerful offense, permission from our allies be damned. Hawk