November 28, 2015
Why You BETTER Stop Terrorism and How To Do It
By L. Reichard White
How can we stop terrorism?
Before you commit yourself though, you might want to consider the following – – –
- ~”There is no way to stop a dedicated terrorist who is willing to pay
the price.” –Desert Storm General Norman Schwartzkopf, Ret.,
MSNBC
- ~”The asymmetrical advantage a terrorist has is that he can strike any place at any time, using any conceivable method of attack, and this is impossible to defend against.” –U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, CNN Late Edition
- “It’s impossible to have a police officer every place. That would be unrealistic and it would change the nature of a free society.” –NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, quoted by Brian Jenkins, CNN Live
- ~”The asymmetrical advantage a terrorist has is that he can strike any place at any time, using any conceivable method of attack, and this is impossible to defend against.” –U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, CNN Late Edition
If you take a close look at pictures from the Boston Marathon bombing, you will see that when those pressure-cooker bombs exploded, both sides of the street were lined with police officers.
So even if you manage to “have a police officer every place,” that won’t protect you.
And the FBI can’t save you either – – –
In fact, FBI tactics may seriously endanger you.
Here’s the problem in a nutshell – – –
- The list of vulnerabilities is perilously long in Baltimore, as it is
just about everywhere in the United States. … ”So how would you defend
against frogmen blowing up half the harbor?” I asked [Sgt. George]
McClaskey. … The sergeant shrugged uneasily. “Honestly,” he confessed, “I
don’t think it’s possible.” …Now factor in the 276,000 natural gas wells
in the U.S., the 1.5 million miles of unprotected pipelines, the 161 oil
refineries, 2,000 oil storage facilities and 10,400 hydro, coal and
gas-fired power generating stations …
–Fortress America, The New York Times Magazine
And there’s one other thing. The nukes – – –
- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Investment guru Warren Buffett offered a bleak
prediction for the nation’s national security, saying a terrorist attack
on American soil is “virtually a certainty.” … “We’re going to have
something in the way of a major nuclear event in this country,” said
Buffett … “It will happen. Whether it will happen in 10 years or 10
minutes, or 50 years … it’s virtually a certainty.”
–Billionaire Predicts Nuclear Attack, JOE RUFF, Associated Press
- BLOOMINGTON, Ill. State Farm, the nation’s largest auto and residential insurer, is changing its car insurance policies to clearly exclude claims stemming from nuclear explosions or radioactive fallout. The Bloomington-based insurer …says nuclear blasts or radioactive damage are not normal road hazards, whether the incidents are accidental or intentional. –State Farm Cuts Nuke Damage From Coverage, AP
- BLOOMINGTON, Ill. State Farm, the nation’s largest auto and residential insurer, is changing its car insurance policies to clearly exclude claims stemming from nuclear explosions or radioactive fallout. The Bloomington-based insurer …says nuclear blasts or radioactive damage are not normal road hazards, whether the incidents are accidental or intentional. –State Farm Cuts Nuke Damage From Coverage, AP
OK, forget about the nukes. But before you do, do you remember that ABC news team which, to test U.S. defenses, toted depleted uranium into the U.S., definitively proving pissed-off folks could smuggle nukes into the heartland?
They did it twice, once through the premiere checkpoint in the Port of New York and then, the following year, through The Port of Los Angeles.
They did it without getting busted. Until they published their Los Angeles story, which apparently scared the kids and made the law-and-order-industry look bad and fear for their plush budgets. Then the ABC news team got busted.
O.K. So, one way or another, it looks like we might get nuked.
And don’t forget biological weapons.
So now you have an idea of the first part of the title, “Why You BETTER Stop Terrorism.”
And about now, you may be thinking things like “That @#$&ing writer, the $@$!@rd tells us we BETTER Stop Terrorism then convinces us we can’t! Get me a rope and find me a nice stout tree branch!”
Now hold on a minute! I hope I’ve convinced you that you can’t beprotected from terrorism, not that you can’t stop it. I know it’s subtle, but there’s a difference.
Here’s the key:
- “You could kill all the terrorists in Afghanistan, all the terrorists
in the world. You could hang Osama bin Laden in sight of the White House.
You still wouldn’t have solved the problem because you will have created
a whole new generation of terrorists.” –Col. Richard Dunn, October,
2001
- LYDIA WILSON: …They had been found guilty of terrorism for various
vehicle explosions and assassinations within Kirkuk [a devastated Iraqi
city]. … And when I gave them a chance to talk and to ask more open-ended
questions, it became very clear that they were fueled by a lot of anger,
anger primarily against the Americans….
Lydia Wilson: What I Discovered from Interviewing Imprisoned Islamic
State Fighters | Democracy Now!
- “We came to the realization that the innocent civilians we were
killing only fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited terrorism and
groups like ISIS, while also serving as a fundamental recruitment tool
similar to Guantanamo Bay. This administration and its predecessors have
built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces
for terrorism and destabilization around the world.”…
Exclusive: Air Force Whistleblowers Risk Prosecution to Warn Drone War
Kills Civilians, Fuels Terror | Democracy Now!
Here’s a recent example:
- “Today, Obama will arrive in the Philippines, and this is our welcome
for him a protest that rejects his presence because we do not want the
leader of the United States, the chief architect of aggression and
cruelty toward many nations around the world, to land in the
Philippines.”
–Diego
Torres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S1YkQs5nXQ&feature=youtu.be
Now, although U.S. officials might think half-a-million dead kids “in pursuit of U.S. Policy” is OK, you can understand why it might seriously tick other people off. Those kids’ parents, family, and friends, for example. Maybe their countrymen in general. Maybe most folks of good will everywhere. It might even tick you off – – –
And even if Uncle stops behaving this way immediately, there will be a time-lag because, by killing their kids, relatives, friends, neighbors, etc., Uncle has ticked-off a LOT of folks over the decades. So you might want to buy that new Glock you’ve been eying and spend a little more time at the range – – –
This is a burden that will also fall on the kids, grand kids and the yet unborn. None the less, the way to stop terrorism eventually is to stop Uncle Sam from being a terrorist NOW!
I didn’t say it would be easy.
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