True... and I am reminded of the history of the US before WWII broke out. Basically we were still in an economic depression and then to top it off we were attacked at Pearl Harbor.

One would have thought that alone could have shut us down for good. That's sure what our enemies wanted.

Instead we responded with jobs galore, a war on two fronts, excellent civil defense, and a rationing of supplies. My grandfather flew bombers over Europe and my other grandfather landed on Iwo Jima. They had it a lot tougher than today's generation, myself included.

We survived through that OK, and I have to believe we could survive just about anything else, even a terrorist-run nuclear attack. The article talks about Bin Laden wanting to kill millions -- he'd have to launch quite a few attacks to reach all 295+ million of us. Even then I have to believe our allies would come to help -- as we did for them years ago when they were attacked.

Politicians come and go, but 295+ million people are a force to be reckoned with.

Nonetheless, I am still tweaking my kits, and that gives me some peace of mind and self-reliance. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />