Re: U.S. militias on the Border

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  (RedOctober90) wrote:

>How would you like it if some of your 
>family were living in one of the
>major cities and a suitcase nuke goes off 
>and vaporizes all of them?

It's very doubtful that either militias at the borders or militarized borders
would prevent that. Just as it is highly unlikely that the Patriot Act would do
much. After all, it really hasn't nailed many terrorists yet. Mostly it's just
been of value for going after little folks and, interestingly, corrupt
politicos in Vegas. So all the alarmism about threats on the border, just like
Pothier's alarmism about "militias," needs to be tempered with a sound dose of
common sense rather than just goose-stepping along in abject fear, Red.

Frankly and pulp novel material aside, "suitcase nukes" are probably not that
big of a threat anyway. Dirty bombs and the like are more probable. Or
transported warheads. Or bio-chem. In general, it's the maritime shipping
environment that is the common entrance point for bulky items, the category
into which most of these would fit. And frankly, I don't see how "militias" in
the ports would help much, either. In terms of the bio-chem stuff, I shudder to
think if a "militia" tried to handle a situation involving those. They simply
don't have the material or skill and probably wouldn't recognize the threat
until too late. Not that I think even elite troops would do better. It's not an
easy thing.

Mr. Wizard