February 24, 2005
My knees are knockin'
from - Buck
Neal and Newt are hawking Newt's latest book this morning. I guess we can look forward to seeing and hearing from Newt all over the television and radio as he makes known what page and which chapter of his book you can find the answer to any question you might have.
I had to chuckle when Newt and Neal started one of those "LET'S SCARE THE MINDLESS OUT OF THEIR WITS" conversations and then tried to insure the listeners that Al-Queda is the greatest threat the world has ever seen. Why, did you know that one Al-Queda member is reported to have said that it was going to be necessary for them to kill at least 10,000,000 Americans?
I don't know who this Al-Queda member is (or was) and what kind of Chinese water torture he was being subjected to when he made his proclamation but I hope he realizes that in order to reach that lofty goal he is going to need about 13,400 fully fueled 747's. He will need roughly 67,000 suicide bombers. Don't forget 30,000 box cutters and 3,350 major targets.
Personally I prefer the Social Security scare argument over the Al-Queda scare argument. After all, haven't we already killed or captured 70% of Al-Queda's vaunted leadership?
Posted by Buck at February 24, 2005 10:43 AM
All they need is some coordination and some dirty bombs & they can cause havoc. They can "say" ten million but they also are known to talk a lot of trash, but 9/11 showed that they're willing to do anything to kill us.
I share no love for Newt Gingrich as a person but I fear Al Qaeda and their tactics.
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Posted by RW on February 24, 2005 08:42 PM Link to comment |
I fear the inevitable collision with an asteroid even more.
The world is full of crazy people but your chances of being killed by one of them is relatively slim.
There is only one country that has ever used nuclear weapons on civilians and we're livin' in it.
The threat, while not out of the question, is vastly overblown.
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Posted by Buck on February 24, 2005 09:24 PM Link to comment |
