http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3345 tony Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:19:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3345 this kind of reminds me of the games the government played with the terrorist attack scale they had for a while. What is the likely hood of an eminent terrorist attack? high.. lol this kind of reminds me of the games the government played with the terrorist attack scale they had for a while. What is the likely hood of an eminent terrorist attack? high.. lol

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]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3343 Marv Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:51:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3343 These reports aren't so much to scare the public into doing something themselves, as much as to help to guide government spending in the area of terrorism protection. However, one thing that the public can do is to make sure they keep all their normal vaccinations up to date. They should also encourage our government to act a bit more responsibly in interacting with other countries, treating them as partners in suppressing terrorism rather than as terrorists themselves. Perhaps if we promulgated a less militaristic and overbearing approach, followed the Geneva Convention a bit more closely instead of using rendition and places like Gitmo, it would be harder for the evil-doers to recruit more and more terrorists. Since 9/11, our actions have lost us some of the high moral ground in the fight against terrorism, and until we rise again to the level where we were before the last 7 years of inept administration, we will need to worry about when the next attack will come. Being the "good guys" doesn't mean being naive or complacent, it only means making as many friends as possible in the war against terrorism rather than making more enemies. These reports aren’t so much to scare the public into doing something themselves, as much as to help to guide government spending in the area of terrorism protection.
However, one thing that the public can do is to make sure they keep all their normal vaccinations up to date.
They should also encourage our government to act a bit more responsibly in interacting with other countries, treating them as partners in suppressing terrorism rather than as terrorists themselves. Perhaps if we promulgated a less militaristic and overbearing approach, followed the Geneva Convention a bit more closely instead of using rendition and places like Gitmo, it would be harder for the evil-doers to recruit more and more terrorists. Since 9/11, our actions have lost us some of the high moral ground in the fight against terrorism, and until we rise again to the level where we were before the last 7 years of inept administration, we will need to worry about when the next attack will come. Being the “good guys” doesn’t mean being naive or complacent, it only means making as many friends as possible in the war against terrorism rather than making more enemies.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3342 Thomas Powell Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:51:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3342 Looking at an attack, bio or otherwise, in the next 5 years, would not surprise me. I feel that within a few years, we could be looking at a conflict of global proportions. Treaties will be signed and coalitions will be formed, sides taken and a clear view of what we as a nation, faced with hard-ships and tragedy, will do. There are a few questions I have, and I doubt there will be any answer other than the "future and what it brings". What do I do to prepare for something of this magnitude? How do I employ myself to a position of survival, when I can't create a defense? Do I carry on as I and millions of other Americans do, by sleeping at night, uncaring, breathing the danger and fear they fume through our televisions, hour after hour, day after day? Or do I just “sit” and wait? Waiting for the fate of my country, the place I live, my only home. In a couple of years, I should be supporting myself (I just turned 18 a month ago) and I should have some kind of clearance regarding this issue. I refuse to allow someone I have never seen, talked to or been formerly acquainted with, dictate my future. Decide the way I live or even disrupt my life. Hopefully in the near "future", I will be able to cope with the fact that my life will be forever in danger, until my death. Looking at an attack, bio or otherwise, in the next 5 years, would not surprise me. I feel that within a few years, we could be looking at a conflict of global proportions. Treaties will be signed and coalitions will be formed, sides taken and a clear view of what we as a nation, faced with hard-ships and tragedy, will do.
There are a few questions I have, and I doubt there will be any answer other than the “future and what it brings”. What do I do to prepare for something of this magnitude? How do I employ myself to a position of survival, when I can’t create a defense? Do I carry on as I and millions of other Americans do, by sleeping at night, uncaring, breathing the danger and fear they fume through our televisions, hour after hour, day after day?
Or do I just “sit” and wait? Waiting for the fate of my country, the place I live, my only home. In a couple of years, I should be supporting myself (I just turned 18 a month ago) and I should have some kind of clearance regarding this issue.
I refuse to allow someone I have never seen, talked to or been formerly acquainted with, dictate my future. Decide the way I live or even disrupt my life. Hopefully in the near “future”, I will be able to cope with the fact that my life will be forever in danger, until my death.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3341 Kathy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:28:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3341 Whoa, scarey, creepy, terrifying and we're supposed to exactly do......What? Whoa, scarey, creepy, terrifying and we’re supposed to exactly do……What?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3340 Mr. Gently Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:17:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3340 12 monkeys.. 12 monkeys..

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3339 Jeremy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:38:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/12/02/bioterror-attack-likely-in-the-next-5-years-congressional-report-says/#comment-3339 12 monkeys? 12 monkeys?

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