What are we doing to prevent it? How is the war in Iraq helping or hurting that effort?
2007-02-24 05:51:02 · 15 answers · asked by alfie 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I believe the Presidents ignorant ways have increased terrorist around the planet. If there was an attack it would be in a major U.S. city. Unfortunately not much has been done t protect our border, so who knows just how many terrorist have slipped into our country. Bush and his folks aren't doing anything to prevent this.
2007-02-25 01:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by Knowledge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chances of a nuclear bomb detonating in a major US city are still slim. We have inched closer in the past 6 years due to our failed foreign policies creating more anti-American sentiment. This and our leadership in this country creating an influx of unreliable intelligence that is clogging our ability to determine what intelligence is good. We still have civil, non-military security that controls our city streets and can prevent major, catastrophic offenses. As for long range threats, most nations still do not have the weaponry to reach locations on the US mainland.
The war in Iraq is not the single biggest thing that has increased our threat of attack. It is this whole Administration's inability to project a positive perception about this country. Instead of trying to show the world that we are people that can be dealt with trust, this Administration has shown that we are arrogant cowboys with an "us versus them" mentality.
2007-02-24 06:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid it's pretty likely, and the war in Iraq is making it more and more likely.
As soon as American arrogance irritates some former Soviet general to the point that he sells an old device to some Kazakh who has associates in Waziristan we'll see what happens.
I think it'll be in a container ship in some West Coast port city.
2007-02-24 06:02:25 · answer #3 · answered by oimwoomwio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the odds of you getting killed in a terrorist attack are 1 in 10,000 or about the same as the odds of getting hit by lighting.
And since the only practical way that a terrorists would get a nuke bomb even close to a US city is by ship so if you don't live in a coastal city like NYC I think your safe.
Finally since the terrorists don't have the means to build their own nuke bomb they would have to get it from one of only really 2 suppliers: Pakistan or N. Korea & since the US Govt knows this all to well any attack on a US city by terrorist would instantly mean an end to Pakistan and/or N. Korea so it is highly doubtful that they would give terrorists any of their nuke bombs to use against the US.
2007-02-24 06:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We do have Intercepters, but have never had to use them
so it's not sure if they indeed work. Chances of a nuclear
bomb get greater every year as terrorists become able to
put them together and knowledge to use them.
2007-02-24 05:57:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who is protecting thosee cities...If our leaders want to "open up dialog" they will still be running their mouths while we are under attack...
I dont think we are doing enough...but just as we go at it with strategic plans, our enimies alter their behavior accordingly, so its a constant change in war stratagy.. As much as one may say we have mishandled the war, where would we be if we had never gone in?
2007-02-24 06:00:09 · answer #6 · answered by TheyCallMeMom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chances are high. President Bush and congress have refused to guard our borders because of greed for money from corporations. Corporations want cheap labor and illegals keep wages down and profits up. Bush and congress will be reponsible because there is no security in this country.
2007-02-24 05:55:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bush was the first Nuclear Bomb that got dropped on Americans because we were more concerned with waving the Bible and worshipping a rock
2007-02-24 05:55:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Considering Bush's "bring em on?" and his creation of new terrorists all over the globe with his ignorant policies, I would have to say they increased by about 75%.
Ohhh, we long for the day when the congress and the press was only concerned with the presidents sex life and not his competence.
2007-02-24 05:55:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jimbo 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Chances are too good for comfort, we're not doing enough, the crushing of terrorist regimes in Iraq is helping but we could do more ... like seal the borders.
2007-02-24 05:54:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋