Originally posted by Phage
Thank you for providing the complete quote. That isn't often done.
Well without context.......
Cohen was answering a question about a false anthrax attack, a hoax, at B'nai Brith. That is the context of his statements, false
attacks, false alarms, false claims.
The same thing is true about just the false scare of a threat of using
some kind of a chemical weapon or a biological one.
Can be very damaging and consume valuable resources if not properly handled as in the alphabet soup of American intelligence organizations. This is
hardly surprising but in my opinion you are presuming a continuation of the original contextual setting of false threats ( which are all based on
tangible threats any ways; Anthrax does exist, etc) to dismiss the very existence of ability to do damage; the threat of WOMD usage were more than
enough to keep the cold war hot but that never meant they could not or would not be used in just the same way that Anthrax and suicide planes were
used just like earlier threats indicated.
They don't have to be able to do what they say they can do.
Agreed. Iraqi didn't have and WOMD and they still got invaded so clearly there is little relationship between the existence of a threat and actions
taken against it. What you do not seem to be willing to consider in detail is that absence of preparation of admission of a threat hardly means it's
not 'real' or can't or won't be used.
All they have to do is talk about it. What's scarier than the ability to start earthquakes and volcanoes?
Many, many things. These things are not really scary because it's 'nature' ,and people can make peace with nature, but if it were understood that
such events might be as result of hostile action it would be very hard to keep the peace and suspicious at bay.
Like the Jnr Bush said,
Again, my attitude is, if it's not going exactly right, we're going to make it go exactly right. If there's problems, we're going to address
the problems. And that's what I've come down to assure people of. And again, I want to thank everybody.
And I'm not looking forward to this trip. I got a feel for it when I flew over before. It -- for those who have not -- trying to conceive what we're
talking about, it's as if the entire Gulf Coast were obliterated by a -- the worst kind of weapon you can imagine. And now we're going to go try to
comfort people in that part of the world.
Thank you. (Applause.)
END 10:39 A.M. CDT
www.whitehouse.gov...
I mean once people suspects what will you do and who will you make responsible for the real events? What if that nation has more nukes than you do and
better defenses too? Can you even consider admitting that another nation is causing you vast damage when so few would believe you? What would it
matter if you do not have the means to stop them even if you were believed? Would that be why your building submarines and aircraft carriers, F 22's
or are those things just the result of cold war inertia? Perhaps but yes, i am not convinced.
False claims + ignorance + misunderstanding = fear = terror tool.
= invasion of Iraq. I am the last person to believe that they are afraid of using these tools( fear&terror) or that they are as 'confused' as to who
the real enemies are as they pretend to be.
Such reports also can divert intelligence efforts from real efforts. It's called disinfo.
Since i did provide the entire quote perhaps i can post the last part again in summary of the context you seem to be missing out on?
Others are engaging even in an eco- type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use
of electromagnetic waves."
So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It's real,
and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that's why this is so important.
He is not saying that these things are not real but that they are and that is why it's so important to be able to quickly and accurately discern the
true and immediate threats from the false or future one's. He also says clearly that they are finding ways instead of suggesting that they are
exploring or merely making attempts. Hard to say which individual threat he is referring to ( or if it's a general statement) but suffice to say that
the intelligence guys are getting more and more money and more and more power.
In closing i did not intend this link to 'prove' the existence to everyone but i hoped it would encourage some to contribute with more than the
average ' it's impossible's' that gets thrown around here so often.
OFS ( hi

) made some more specific statements about what he considers possible and impossible which i hope to address in more detail over the
weekend. If you want a preview of where i am likely to go the original link will take you one of my earlier diatribes ( in all probability a angry one
too) which does , to it's credit, include some meaty sources about why nothing about this is impossible in the classical sense.
Regards,
Stellar
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