To be honest I don’t know exactly how one prepares oneself to handle a terrorist nuclear attack. I guess I wish my government spent more efforts to prevent a nuclear attack of that nature than to withstand one. And if that involves enhanced interrogation against the scum who would like to perpetrate such an act upon us, I’d say go ahead.
Dave, we have an administration that would rather make nice with Cuba, a brutal dictatorship than deterring radical Islam, who are determined to destroy this country by whatever means necessary. This government is so dysfunctional, they cannot respond effectively to anything. Remember what Obama did with Christie after Sandy? He gave him a hug and said he would cut the red tape. Sandy is still going on and claims unpaid in a lot of areas.
Agent – America’s Cuba policy has long been a major impediment to progress in US relations with Latin America. That is one reason President Obama made a change. Even Nixon said so and the Cuban people are ecstatic.
Strong military is the best deterrent to a nuclear attack, but the US is no longer a force to be reckoned with. Putin thumbs his nose at Obama regularly and he would not have been so bold 8-10 years ago.
I think the new threat we face from radical Islam is like no other we ever faced. Self-preservation was always a deterrent to the Soviets, but these new whack jobs who believe there are 72 virgins waiting for them in heaven are looking forward to dying so have nothing stopping them from committing a nuclear attack if they have the means. And the current administration appears to be more interested in striking a deal (any kind of deal) rather than preventing from attaining that goal.
Dave, all they need is one of those suitcase nukes that can be smuggled in and they are good to go. Set it in Times Square and set it off with a cell phone and the radiation could last for years. No telling how many people would succumb to a bomb like that.
After Storm Sandy I proposed to FEMA’s General Counsel and to various insurance industry associations the need and concept for a National Disaster Network, that in the case of natural disasters would integrate networks between FEMA, the P&C insurance industry, and state and local governments. Through the network claims and benefits would be submitted, reviewed, allowed or denied in real time, so that insurers and FEMA would know what each was doing, removing delay and second-guessing. Having a centralized network and database would also help to reduce fraud. FEMA’s General Counsel passed it along within the organization, but it died, seemingly because of its network capabilities and other priorities. Most of the association chose not to respond, the only exception being the PCI which afforded me an audience with one of its committees. There are a myriad of difficulties, including privacy rights that would need to be overcome, so this would have been a long term project that required engagement. With both FEMA and the other agencies not on board or disinterested in the concept, it did not get off the ground. Obviously, man-made CATs are a more difficult issue. Insurers were concerned about regulatory review of their claim practices and unfair claims practice liability. One association representative expressed the point of view of one its members that it would dilute its proprietary claims processes, which apparently was a marketing advantage to them, even each insurers own claims network would be linked.
Perhaps FEMA and the industry might now be inspired to think outside the box.
To be honest I don’t know exactly how one prepares oneself to handle a terrorist nuclear attack. I guess I wish my government spent more efforts to prevent a nuclear attack of that nature than to withstand one. And if that involves enhanced interrogation against the scum who would like to perpetrate such an act upon us, I’d say go ahead.
Dave, we have an administration that would rather make nice with Cuba, a brutal dictatorship than deterring radical Islam, who are determined to destroy this country by whatever means necessary. This government is so dysfunctional, they cannot respond effectively to anything. Remember what Obama did with Christie after Sandy? He gave him a hug and said he would cut the red tape. Sandy is still going on and claims unpaid in a lot of areas.
Agent – America’s Cuba policy has long been a major impediment to progress in US relations with Latin America. That is one reason President Obama made a change. Even Nixon said so and the Cuban people are ecstatic.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2014/1218/Obama-s-Cuba-plan-could-change-how-Latin-America-views-US-video
As for radical Islam, exactly what would you propose we do? I’m interested in whether you have a solution or are just full of hot air.
I think we’re already using those tactics, Dave. It’s just hush-hush.
Strong military is the best deterrent to a nuclear attack, but the US is no longer a force to be reckoned with. Putin thumbs his nose at Obama regularly and he would not have been so bold 8-10 years ago.
I think the new threat we face from radical Islam is like no other we ever faced. Self-preservation was always a deterrent to the Soviets, but these new whack jobs who believe there are 72 virgins waiting for them in heaven are looking forward to dying so have nothing stopping them from committing a nuclear attack if they have the means. And the current administration appears to be more interested in striking a deal (any kind of deal) rather than preventing from attaining that goal.
Dave, all they need is one of those suitcase nukes that can be smuggled in and they are good to go. Set it in Times Square and set it off with a cell phone and the radiation could last for years. No telling how many people would succumb to a bomb like that.
So what do we do, short of killing them all? I want to hear some solutions.
After Storm Sandy I proposed to FEMA’s General Counsel and to various insurance industry associations the need and concept for a National Disaster Network, that in the case of natural disasters would integrate networks between FEMA, the P&C insurance industry, and state and local governments. Through the network claims and benefits would be submitted, reviewed, allowed or denied in real time, so that insurers and FEMA would know what each was doing, removing delay and second-guessing. Having a centralized network and database would also help to reduce fraud. FEMA’s General Counsel passed it along within the organization, but it died, seemingly because of its network capabilities and other priorities. Most of the association chose not to respond, the only exception being the PCI which afforded me an audience with one of its committees. There are a myriad of difficulties, including privacy rights that would need to be overcome, so this would have been a long term project that required engagement. With both FEMA and the other agencies not on board or disinterested in the concept, it did not get off the ground. Obviously, man-made CATs are a more difficult issue. Insurers were concerned about regulatory review of their claim practices and unfair claims practice liability. One association representative expressed the point of view of one its members that it would dilute its proprietary claims processes, which apparently was a marketing advantage to them, even each insurers own claims network would be linked.
Perhaps FEMA and the industry might now be inspired to think outside the box.