Re: Constitution will be discarded

Melissa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/11/20/185048.shtml
> 
> Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack
> 
>     John O. Edwards, NewsMax.com
>     Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 
> 
> Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of 
> mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will 
> likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

Unless the US abandons its interventionist foreign policy, I put the
probability of the US being hit with a WMD within 20 years of 9/11/2001 at
0.6 (60 percent).  If the US were to switch to Libertarian "America
First" noninterventionist foreign policy today, I would put the
probability of the US being hit with a WMD within 20 years of 09/11/2001
at 0.05 (5 percent).  The risk can be significantly reduced, but it's
impossible to eliminate.


Chuck Wright
http://www.lp.org/