A 9/11 Commission warns Obama on nuclear weapons in Iran, he’s not listening
By Kevin “Coach” Collins
The most important recommendation from a recent 9/11 Commission report was for the Obama administration put a halt to nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea. Obama doesn’t seem it be listening. He’s politicizing this situation and worrying about “looking good” not doing good.
Last week the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism (CPWMDPT) discussed its latest report and predictions for the continued safety of our country. This commission, established by the 9/11 Commission, was given the specific narrow mandate to monitor examine and assess our national efforts toward preventing future WMD terrorist attacks on American soil, something not seen since 9/11.
Issued in December, the Commission’s report isn’t a very optimistic document. Focusing on the challenges of WMD such as chemical, biological, radiological as well as nuclear, the report made serious statements beyond its strong recommendation that America halt Iran and North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs.
It predicted America would suffer “at least one nuclear weapon detonation in the next five years” and the threat of a nuclear and/or biological attack in our country is now on the rise rather than the decline.
Commissioner Robin Cleveland said laxity in America’s everyday security has presented a dangerously low threshold for terrorists to penetrate. Cleveland pointed to the ease with which terrorists can now obtain biological weapons by invading lightly protected scientific laboratories.
Cleveland asserted the psychological effects of bioterrorism, which she stated would be more likely than a nuclear attack, will be great.
Based on our national experience, the psychological effects of any new terrorist attack will be devastating, given the vacuum of leadership in Obama Administration. Imagine a weenie like CIA Director Leon Panetta fielding questions from panicked media weenies trying to get some reassurance that “everything will be alright.”
A NYPD former counterterrorism expert strongly urged the Obama Administration to take serious the Commission’s recommendation and recognize how critical the situation is.
Frances Townsend former assistant to formal President Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, offered the opinion that America can do a better job of controlling the WMDs available to worldwide terror networks by tightening the sagging bureaucratic lines of responsibility for doing so. These experts are worried. Shouldn’t we be?
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