Report: U.S. not ready for WMD attack

AndyMarquisLIVE

New Member
Unfortanently, there is bad news to counter the good news.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job, a commission charged by Congress reported Thursday.

Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves determined that 88 percent of the units were not prepared for the fight, the panel said in its report.

The independent commission is charged by Congress to recommend changes in law and policy concerning the Guard and Reserves.
Report: U.S. not ready for WMD attack - Military - MSNBC.com

I'm sure Bush is to blame. HANG HIM! :burning:

:rolleyes:
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
Unfortanently, there is bad news to counter the good news.
You call that news? Anyone who thinks we could ever be "ready" for a WMD attack is absolutely clueless.

Have we all been issued gas masks? Do we drill on how to use them? Do we have shelters available? Does anyone, other than our emergency services, military, and veterans, have the first clue what to do?
 

ylexot

Super Genius
Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves determined that 88 percent of the units were not prepared for the fight, the panel said in its report.
Are they expecting this WMD attack to be accompanied by an armed invasion? :confused:
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
Oh darn - you beat me to it. I was wondering how exactly you prepare for a WMD attack. :confused:

Israel is relatively prepared. We Americans are not willing to do what it would take, but I don't really see a reason for us to spend that kind of money for something that is that unlikely.
 

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
Good thing we're keeping the terrorists busy in Iraq instead of just letting them walk in from Mexico
 
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HouseCat

Guest
Does anyone, other than our emergency services, military, and veterans, have the first clue what to do?

and we only get issued gas masks when we deploy.... I don't get issued one for home. Well, AF doesn't.. I don't know about my sister service folks.

I'm still waiting for some manufacturer to take advantage of this and start fleecing America for WMD protection products. Build your own bunker kits! Gas Masks and Chem warfare suits guaranteed to protect you from fallout! etc.. etc...
 

ImnoMensa

New Member
WE will never be ready for a WMD attack. The best we can try to do is find who launched the attack and utterly destroy their friggin country by nuking hell out of them.

There is no way to have thousands of medical personnel, hundreds of ambulances standing in some cave waiting.

Storing supplies in abundance enough to help would be expensive and money wasted as those supplies would deteriorate and become useless. Like the thousands of trailers we now have sitting on lots after the New Orleans debacle.

Gas masks. Most gas masks are no good for a nerve gas attack, you would need a complete body suit. By the time you had it stored in your closet at home, and got home to get it you would be dead.

A dirty bomb would only mean the deaths of hundreds of rescue personnel like the hundreds that died at Chernobyl. Cannon fodder.

No: we will never be ready, but hopefully we can retaliate and have a President with the courage to do so.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
I'm still waiting for some manufacturer to take advantage of this and start fleecing America for WMD protection products.

It happened a few years ago. People bought every Cipro tablet and roll of duct tape they could get.

If something does happen, the people who bought those things will be so proud of themselves until they realize their pills are so old that they are nothing more than chalk, and their duct tape has degraded into a big blob of glue and fabric.
 

Lenny

Lovin' being Texican
Oh darn - you beat me to it. I was wondering how exactly you prepare for a WMD attack. :confused:

According to the Democrats, terrorism is a crime that only needs lots of lawyers and laws. All we need to prepare for a WMD attack is to make sure the police arrest the terrorists (without infringing their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights) and the judges give the terrorists harsh sentences with at least six months of probation.
 

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Has...

According to the Democrats, terrorism is a crime that only needs lots of lawyers and laws. All we need to prepare for a WMD attack is to make sure the police arrest the terrorists (without infringing their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights) and the judges give the terrorists harsh sentences with at least six months of probation.

...anyone proposed banning WMD's??? Or at least back ground checks?????
 
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