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Quote by: LuketheDuke  The thought of 20,000 troops here to help incase of
a nuclear and/or a terrorist attack is a comfort
in someways but stirs my stomach a bit also at
the thought of the actual danger of that.
Sometimes I think we think we are safe from anything
like that because we can watch Mumbai go up in
flames in the comfort of our own homes on CNN
or Fox News. |
I wonder where most of them will be stationed. If certain politicians have their way, nuclear power will take off in the coming years. And, as anyone might imagine, the need for security measures at nuclear power plants (whether we agree with their construction or not) is all the more serious nowadays. Of course, there is no actual cause for fear or alarm in this regard if we don't (hypocritically) expand our nuclear capabilities.
I should also note that, even with thousands of troops around the nation, there is no guarantee that, in the event of an attack, they will make it within proximity fast enough to prevent it. Frankly, I think this is a little melodramatic, and it may be a public demonstration that our tax dollars are going somewhere, however successful the efforts at making us feel "safe" are. And the mainstream media --especially a certain Republican-party-oriented network -- can create dramatic, hyper-active, shout-out-loud, sub-standard reports about how an attack is imminent, much to its own delight. There is, after all, a reason Geraldo went from CNBC to FOX.
Grandpa h.