One of these situations is speculation. The other is reality.
Which one do you suggest we should resolve?
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
We can worry about those other things if we like, but we just heard Osama bin Laden promise to attack the U.S. once again; so this seems a good time to wonder whatever happened to all those suitcase bombs -- and if we live in a prime target area like New York, to wonder how big those bombs were -- and worry about it.
Lawrence
-----Original Message----- From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas Ramos Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:35 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Al Quaeda and Suitcase Nukes
According to the Fox News story, portable nuclear bombs can range from suitcase- (or backpack) size to "the size of two footlockers". Backpack bombs (not one-coffee-can bombs) have a 3-5 kiloton yield.
It's far more important that we worry about this improbable possiblity, than
do anything about the environment, education, the job market, or corruption in politics.
We can really terroize the voters with images of Arabs with suitcase nukes. But actually
do anything about global warming? Especially when the USA is the main cause? That's
unpatriotic.
yrs, andreas www.andreas.com
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