Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em

--Nuclear World, Peray (Thailand)

as if all the unsung
debasements of the past may one day come
rising to the surface once again—
worked its filthy way out like a tongue
--Welcome to Hiroshima, Mary Jo Salter

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
--It's a Long Way to Tipperary

Yeah, we're goin' nowhere, fast
--Summerboy, Lady Gaga
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President Obama's recent summit on nuclear security is classic fear-mongering and misunderstanding of the actual threat posed by terror groups. However, as friend Sheerahkahn said recently, terrorism is "the currency of politicians who are trying to galvanize popular sentiment in a particular direction."

Obama said,

"A terrorist group in possession of plutonium no bigger than an apple could detonate a device capable of inflicting hundreds of thousands of casualties" (Summit Endorses Obama Call on Nuclear Security.)

FACT: Possession of a plutonium core does not mean a group can produce a high-order nuclear bomb. It is a long way from plutonium to a high-yield explosion.

FACT: Nuclear waste will produce a dirty bomb, and is much easier to procure than plutonium

FACT: The plutonium could be used just as effectively without building it into a fissionable weapon

FACT: No intel indicators have been released showing any group capable of producing a plutonium bomb

FACT: Rogue elements in Pakistan are more likely to give advice and consent to a group than is any non-state terror group

Obama also said,

"Terrorist networks such as al-Qaida have tried to acquire the material for a nuclear weapon, and if they ever succeeded, they would surely use it."

Yes, surely they would use such a weapon if they got access. History has proven this point.

Just ask the survivors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.