"The commission believes that unless the world community acts decisively and with greater urgency, it is more likely than not a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013."
This statement was made recently by Graham Allison, one of the authors of "World at Risk", a report by the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, during his testimony before the US Congress. Sounding alarms about the growing risks of a nuclear terrorist attack on the United States, the report gloomily states that America's "margin of safety has decreased".
Its interesting how egocentric the U.S. and the U.S. media is. The rest of the world barely exists. Unless of course the U.S. wants to wage war against some part of it. Does Iran have its own problems? You'd never know by reading and watching the U.S. media. Peacenik got sucked into believing that the U.S and or Israel would attack Iran before the end of George Bush's term of office. Peacenik is still worried about Israel attacking Iran. The New York Times had an opinion piece on the Iranian threat today. The neo cons still have unrestricted access to the media and to Obama. The neo cons still fan the flames. But Iran does have its own problems. Including a nuclear Pakistan. Can Obama reach out to Iran? Or, will ramping up the rhetoric against Iran turn out to be a convenient distraction for Obama. Peacenik is watching and worried.
