Rented "Sum of all fears" the other night, wanted to see the plausibility of the scenario raised in the script. As technology perpetuates itself steadily, I look down the road apiece and see the eventuality of such a circumstance taking place somewhere in the not too distant future, on our shores..
For those who have not seen the movie or are familiar with the plot, Terrorist find an un-exploded Nuke/warhead
(One of ours, no less) in some Middle East Desert, they re-fashion it into a time-delay type device. It arrives in the United States via a container aboard a ship, and eventually is placed in a downtown major Metropolis. The theme here, as to my thoughts, were like with the 9/11 Sky-jackers, having no Multi-billion B-2 , B-1, or B-52 Bombers at their disposal. the Terrorist used our own readily available ones found at your local near-by International Airport, a fully fueled Boeing 757 & 767. So the hypothesis of a underling group evening the playing field against a Super Power Nation like the United States was workable..
So if a situation similar to this Hollywood Fiction was to manifest itself "within" our borders & "within" our large cities, All the 2 Billion $ B-2's and Mega Carriers, we spend so much on would be useless..
Here is how it might be played out: The Terrorist place several ( 2 or 3 ) Nuclear devices in un-disclosed locations, lets say, Manhattan, LA, & Chicago . They contact a news agency, proclaim they have a series of Bombs that will detonate at designated times; The first one set for 12:00pm EST. NY time, which would mean 9:00am PST. on the West Coast in LA. The US Government is given a deadline in which to comply with demands, ie, release all Prisoners currently held in Guantanamo Bay.. 2nd. removal of all troops in the Arab Nations, 3rd. maybe $$ .. so a litany of demands to be met by a predetermined time.
As we all know we do not give in to these kind if idle threats, so in all likelyhood the 1st device would be detonated on schedule, this is where the ubiquitous term, "Mass Destruction" would be applied. Countless lives would be lost, along with property, roads, etc. So now the question posed; the next device scheduled, should it be allowed to detonate?? & the 3rd.??
So the Saying "The Enemy of my Enemy, is my friend" comes to mind, we need to make as many frinds in the World Community as we can. This doesn't mean by giving them 24 billion US Dollars, like in Turkey's case they want for us to use their fields for launch sites.. It is to help feed the hungry, clothe the Naked children in nations that don't own $130.00 Nike shoes.
Many people say the reason the World Trade Center was attacked, was because of Jealously, our Nation was too rich? What are your thoughts of a Motive to commit such a heinous act? John M
For those who have not seen the movie or are familiar with the plot, Terrorist find an un-exploded Nuke/warhead
(One of ours, no less) in some Middle East Desert, they re-fashion it into a time-delay type device. It arrives in the United States via a container aboard a ship, and eventually is placed in a downtown major Metropolis. The theme here, as to my thoughts, were like with the 9/11 Sky-jackers, having no Multi-billion B-2 , B-1, or B-52 Bombers at their disposal. the Terrorist used our own readily available ones found at your local near-by International Airport, a fully fueled Boeing 757 & 767. So the hypothesis of a underling group evening the playing field against a Super Power Nation like the United States was workable..
So if a situation similar to this Hollywood Fiction was to manifest itself "within" our borders & "within" our large cities, All the 2 Billion $ B-2's and Mega Carriers, we spend so much on would be useless..
Here is how it might be played out: The Terrorist place several ( 2 or 3 ) Nuclear devices in un-disclosed locations, lets say, Manhattan, LA, & Chicago . They contact a news agency, proclaim they have a series of Bombs that will detonate at designated times; The first one set for 12:00pm EST. NY time, which would mean 9:00am PST. on the West Coast in LA. The US Government is given a deadline in which to comply with demands, ie, release all Prisoners currently held in Guantanamo Bay.. 2nd. removal of all troops in the Arab Nations, 3rd. maybe $$ .. so a litany of demands to be met by a predetermined time.
As we all know we do not give in to these kind if idle threats, so in all likelyhood the 1st device would be detonated on schedule, this is where the ubiquitous term, "Mass Destruction" would be applied. Countless lives would be lost, along with property, roads, etc. So now the question posed; the next device scheduled, should it be allowed to detonate?? & the 3rd.??
So the Saying "The Enemy of my Enemy, is my friend" comes to mind, we need to make as many frinds in the World Community as we can. This doesn't mean by giving them 24 billion US Dollars, like in Turkey's case they want for us to use their fields for launch sites.. It is to help feed the hungry, clothe the Naked children in nations that don't own $130.00 Nike shoes.
Many people say the reason the World Trade Center was attacked, was because of Jealously, our Nation was too rich? What are your thoughts of a Motive to commit such a heinous act? John M
