Will the gubmint warn us before they drop the bombs?

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People are going to want to avoid airports, football games, large crowds etc. when the bombs begin to fall in Afghanistan. They will start very soon, maybe tonight. Maybe they will wait until next weekend, but our boys are getting tired of being cooped up in those ships.

Do you think the gubmint will give us any advance notice so that we can don our gas masks etc., or will they simply let us wake up to another nightmare, like sacrificial lambs?

-- when will the shit hit the fan? (what do you think @ give. your opinion), October 06, 2001

Answers

Maybe you'd like to send Osama a formal announcement?

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), October 06, 2001.

As if he doesn't know already!

LOL!

-- (get@clue.), October 06, 2001.


Lars,

I don't think you understand. Taliban forces are already waiting and ready to do ground combat. We're not going to just walk into that without doing some prep work first.

Our bombers are going to go in first and take out the terrorist campsites, bunkers, fortresses, aircraft, tanks, etc. These will be the stealth aircraft, B1-B's, B2's, F-117's, that fly above the range of anti-aircraft fire.

It doesn't matter whether they know when we are going to drop the bombs because there is nothing they can do to stop it. They know we will begin at night, that's just common sense. All they are going to do is hide in the cities and civilian areas until we send in our ground forces and attack helicopters, then they will try to take those out. But that's a long way down the road.

-- no snide remarks please (honest @ opinions. only), October 06, 2001.


What makes you so sure that OBL is even there?

-- (Catherine__Linton@hotmail.com), October 06, 2001.

He isn't. But Lars thinks he is because Dumbya said so.

-- (no@such.luck), October 06, 2001.


I have not consulted with President Bush lately. The notion that our government is obliged to announce military operations in advance is absurd. Bin Ladin knows we are coming but he does not know how or when or where (unless he has infiltrated our military). Let him sweat it out.

Do you think he uses antiperspirant?

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), October 06, 2001.


Maybe the Taliban wast just playing one of the oldest tricks in the book, and we were dumb enough to fall for it. While most of our intelligence resources are trying to figure out where he is in Afghanistan, Bin Laden could very easily be hiding right here in the United States. Since we are the #1 focus of his current campaign of attacks, where better to execute than from right here? He could have been living here for a while before the 911 attack, just like those who performed it. As the mastermind, all communication with him would be in person only, then his subordinates would carry out the preparations, since they are more expendable if they get caught making various transactions and communications. Heck, this is the safest place for him to be, right here in the good ole U.S.A.!

-- (crazy @ like. a fox), October 06, 2001.

Does anyone have any guesses as to when it will start?

Or guesses as to what the next attack will be in our country?

-- (just@wondering.nosy), October 06, 2001.


Those "in the know" say it probably won't be another airplane crash, since the Bin Meister likes variety, he likes to "mix it up".

I think maybe they will do something to the water supply in Los Angeles, since they are kind of limited in that respect. Could they do something that would pass through the purification system without detection?

Or possibly a suitcase nuke in a city such as San Francisco or Seattle, where it could do a lot of damage.

-- (hard@to.say), October 06, 2001.


hardtosay -- if they had a nuke, they would have used it first. They had no reason not to.

-- helen (no@nukes.here), October 06, 2001.


Ear to the street says that Osama has a machine that will turn every Y chromosome into an X chromosome. All men will immediately be transformed into women. Think of the chaos that will ensue.

Then to make matters worse, he (she in case he/she is actually in North America at the time) will use the machine to mix feline DNA into the human population. Think about it, all of these women in heat with no men to service them.

-- nanu nanu (dum@dum.dun), October 06, 2001.


I definitely disagree with that assumption helen.

I'm sure they have a lot of good reasons why they are holding off on nukes, but it probably makes more sense to the terrorists than it does to us.

One thing we know, terrorism is most effective when it suggests that it can be continually built up, and sustained indefinitely. "Slow torture", if you will. There always needs to be the possibility of something more horrendous looming on the horizon to keep us in fear.

Also, a few well-planned small attacks can do more damage than a couple of big ones if they hit our most valuable assets where they are most vulnerable. For example, poisoning the water or destroying the power source of a major city could actually kill more people than if a nuke were exploded. Maybe they don't want to use nukes for an obvious reason, that it would leave a radioactive mess. Maybe they just want to weaken our country enough so that Russia and China could move in and take over. That way they would still be able to use all of our assets without worrying about radioactivity.

I think they do have nukes, but are content to use other more effective ways to accomplish their objective before they resort to using them. They might do it if they were desperate or felt that they were all going to be defeated, but it doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon.

-- (bin@has.nukes), October 06, 2001.


Bin Laden, a closet Cub’s fan since childhood, has vowed to vent his out-of-control frustrations and destroy Wrigley Stadium during tomorrow’s final game. Intelligence sources have learned that his plans call for a suicide mission using a CTA bus loaded with explosives, driven on to the infield during the 7th inning stretch. In a passionate farewell speech to a group of followers, Bin Laden said that his learning of Mike Ditka being invited to once again sing ‘Let’s Go Out To The Ballgame’, was the final insult.

Cub’s manager Don Baylor said he can empathize with Bin Laden, but he is too late…the damage has already been done. When informed, Mayor Daley said the citizens of Chicago should not be concerned, as it is highly unlikely that a CTA bus could travel any distance without breaking down.

Cubs players, callused from years of fan threats and abuse just smiled and prepared for their annual exodus away from the baseball playoff scene.

-- So (cr@t.es), October 06, 2001.


Ok.

-- helen (no@bunker.here), October 06, 2001.

I think bin Laden's operatives will next use something simple like bombs, keeping his biologicals and nukes for use at a later time. It's to his advantage to continue holding a Bigger Threat over our heads and keep us in a state of anticipation and suspended animation. After his grand entrance in NY he only needs to sustain the tension with small acts that will slowly escalate over time towards another crescendo.

Since he's already kicked over the financial dominoes and severely damaged our economy, his next attack will be designed to topple our next most cherished institutions: our entertainment and families. Places like the Mall of America, Las Vegas, and sports events - havens for family fun - would be obvious choices for targets. And since our water supply is heavily guarded, why not make a play on the milk supply? What better way to damage our psyches than to directly attack our children?

-- Crystal (Ball@Future.com), October 07, 2001.



. Maybe they just want to weaken our country enough so that Russia and China could move in and take over.

Not very likely. The Second Amendment is a beautiful thing.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), October 07, 2001.


Maybe I should break that down for you Unk, since you're having trouble thinking it through...

"Maybe they just want to weaken our country enough

... as in, producing conditions within our country in which our government deems it is necessary to confiscate and ban the use of guns by civilians, "for the protection of the people, of course"...

so that Russia and China could move in and take over."

-- (like it or not @ it's. going down), October 07, 2001.


. And since our water supply is heavily guarded, why not make a play on the milk supply? What better way to damage our psyches than to directly attack our children?

Oh god, I was just thinking that today when I was walking the dog past the local grade school. Destroying the financial markets of your enemy first then stab at the very future of a country itself, its children.... We can't even protect our children from themselves, how could we do it against a terrorist? and no, I haven't been hanging out at TB2000 either. All my friends and neighbors feel there is more to come, that NYC and the Pentagon were but just the calling card.

-- Not_paranoia (real_concerns@home.com), October 07, 2001.


So...it's just as I suspected. Rosie O'Donnell is a subversive anti-American traitor/terrorist.

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), October 07, 2001.

Rosie O'Donnell is a subversive anti-American traitor, definitely.

But, a terrorist? Well, her looks maybe!

-- (she's@fat.pig), October 07, 2001.


Milk is poison already.

-- I quit the milk thing (lost@25.pounds), October 07, 2001.

To the best of my knowledge, poisons don't cause people to gain weight. Note that most people gain weight after they quit smoking, not when they are smoking.

-- J (Y2J@home.comm), October 07, 2001.

Its not the poison in the milk its the fat in the milk.

-- fan of J (not@dennis.olson), October 07, 2001.

>They will start very soon, maybe tonight. Maybe they will wait until next weekend, but our boys are getting tired of being cooped up in those ships.<

Cooped is not likely an issue. However, several wire reports indicated the U.S. was ready to rock last weekend, but allies' knees weakened. R's job this last week was to stiffen some backbones. TB himself visited the one important country that the U.S. could not officially visit. These two high-level ambassadors appear to have been successful. The military minds will not wait long now, since a return of the shakes will be difficult to cure a second time around.

>Do you think the gubmint will give us any advance notice...?<

The military does not want to start down that slippery slope. This war will be conducted in secret, at least for the next 18 months. To start the war with an announcement of impending hostilities would only whet the appetite of the media and lead the domestic populace to expect more of such in the future.

>Why not make a play on the milk supply?<

This is really a good possibility. All it would take is one terrorist with a high powered rifle to puncture the main milk pipeline that flows from the land of cows to the U.S.

>Poisoning the water ... source of a major city would actually kill more people than if a nuke were exploded.<

Chemical or bio attacks on the water supply are actually quite unlikely since there are few toxins capable of killing at the titration involved in processing municipal water. Also, the water quality is now being closely monitored.

OTOH, radiological contaminants are easier to acquire than full-fledged nucs. These contaminants are quite toxic enough to destroy a municipal water supply for an indeterminable time. There are several large urban areas dependent upon reservoirs or manmade lakes. Radiological contamination of any of these sources would kill no one, but would force the mass evacuation and even abandonment of the city. If a lake is contaminated, it could require the evacuation of a large portion of the down river state. Chaos would ensue with no direct casualties, and the perpetrators would be seen by the Muslim world as humanitarians.

-- A (a@B.Com), October 07, 2001.


lol! I really don't think the Muslims care if they are considered humanitarians or not.

I also I think the only reason the U.S. hasn't gone in yet is because they're waiting for the full moon to end.

Night vision is a wonderful thing.

The second amendment is an even more wonderful thing.

-- (LadyLogic2000@yahoo.com), October 07, 2001.


lol! Apparently the full moon is over!

-- (LadyLogic2000@yahoo.com), October 07, 2001.

WWTSHTF--

10/7/01-10:30PM Kabul time. Bombs away. Hunker in your bunker. Didn't GWB tell you?

-- (Roland@hatemail.com), October 07, 2001.


All it would take is one terrorist with a high powered rifle to puncture the main milk pipeline that flows from the land of cows to the U.S.

LOL! Good one. But while you were busy being flippant you neglected to consider the realities of milk production. After milk is pasteurized it's stored in chilled 25,000-gallon vats. Contaminate even one vat and there is the potential of infecting 100,000 people (25,000 gallons x average family of 4). Even you can do the math and calculate the casualties if ten such silos were contaminated.

-- Please (Engage@Brain.com), October 07, 2001.


P,

I am brief, not flippant. Read what you will into my comment.

-- A (a@B.Com), October 07, 2001.


Brief is concise. Flippant is disrespectful levity. Your intent was quite obviously the latter. At least be big enough to admit to your bullshit when the room reeks of it.

-- Please (Engage@Brain.com), October 07, 2001.

No, I think you have me confused with Tony Baloney. He is the only person on this forum guilty of disrespectful levity. I, OTOH, reek of scornful sarcasm - laconic at times, pithy at best.

-- A (a@B.Com), October 08, 2001.

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