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Terrorist Attack in the Future? When/Where? (1 Viewer)

Should a large scale attack take place, would you be in favor of nuclear weapons as our response?


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Almost certainly, no idea on time scale, and I'll take the field on location.

I'll also go with domestic before foreign.
Expected stupidity.
Right, because something like that could never happen in Oklahoma city in a country where people commit mass murder on elementary school children or yahoos in huckleberryville get brainwashed into thinking all that is good in the universe is collapsing and that it's them and their guns who need to save it. Never.
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Expected stupid defense of expected stupidity. Let's play a game. Name a domestic organization who is planning such an attack and I will name a foreign one. The first one who runs out of legitimate threats loses.
How does playing an irrelevant game make his guess stupid?

 
I think the next attack will be a coordinated effort striking middle America where it lives. I see multiple things happening simultaneous at places such as malls, ball diamonds, church, places like that and not in big cities, but places like Des Moines, Fort Wayne, those size cities. Extremely vulnerable.

 
Feel pretty safe in Detroit. High Arab population in Dearborn MI, sparse population in the city if Detroit makes it an undesirable target. Not much bang for the bomb, plus it would upset the local Arabs.

 
I think the next attack will be a coordinated effort striking middle America where it lives. I see multiple things happening simultaneous at places such as malls, ball diamonds, church, places like that and not in big cities, but places like Des Moines, Fort Wayne, those size cities. Extremely vulnerable.
I grew up there, the rest of the country wouldn't care about it more than a week.

 
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I always worry that Hoover Dam would be an attractive target for terrorists. Not so much related to loss of life. But just think of what that would do to water and electricity (the economy) in the Southwest US. And economic hardship is probably a much, MUCH higher goal for terrorists than loss of life.

 
I always worry that Hoover Dam would be an attractive target for terrorists. Not so much related to loss of life. But just think of what that would do to water and electricity (the economy) in the Southwest US. And economic hardship is probably a much, MUCH higher goal for terrorists than loss of life.
They would need to act fast. That dam is going to be worthless in another 50 years.

 
Truthfully, my biggest fear would be the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels...
The loss of life wouldn't be that large a number, but the problems this would cause the city would be almost unmeasurable... There is a huge security presence in the area at all times, which is somewhat comforting.
Agreed re. the loss of life...I can't even begin to think of the impacts though. I used to take NJT into the city every day. It was crowded and a pain as it was. If the tunnels were out, trains would become unbearable. If I had to do that, I'd probably buy a kayak and park in Jersey City or something. Not even kidding. So glad I don't have to do that commute anymore.

re. Security there...I see lots of cops, but it's not like they actually stop anyone. I know they make random box trucks stop, etc, but I've often wondered how hard it would be to load up a normal minivan with explosive and get it through there. I just don't feel that it's THAT secure.
It's is nearly impossible to stop one determined individual from doing just about anything. There is no way to fully secure any place like those tunnels and still get traffic through it.
This is my feeling about "school shootings". Some mentally unstable kid gets angry enough and there's really no way to stop it.
Certainly there is truth to that. This is why mental health has got to become a bigger priority and I don't mean more kids on pills either.

 
On the state actor thing. We might drop a tactical or two on NK given the chance. With their massive firepower aimed at SK it might be our only chance to stop millions of dead allies. But really I think that only happens with a pariah state. China? We can whip them straight up and they know it. They aren't getting caught with their hands in that cookie jar.

 
Right wing Super KooKs are committing acts of domestic terrorism all the time in the US. Only a matter of time before one goes beyond McVeigh. And no, I dont advocate nuking the red states those militia KooKs will be from.

 
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It is really only a matter of time until one of these domestic terror groups get the right former military guy and they get it right. McVeigh will look like a piker. Much more likely than terror from outside of our borders.

 
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China? We can whip them straight up and they know it. They aren't getting caught with their hands in that cookie jar.
Not China's MO, anyway -- they prefer to do battle on the economic plains.

 

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