A Single Nuke Could Destroy America

by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen - March 29th, 2009 - Newsmax

A sword of Damocles hangs over our heads. It is a real threat that has been all but ignored.

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Far too many timid or uninformed sources maintain that a single launch of a missile poses no true threat to the United States, given our retaliatory power.

A reality check is in order and must be discussed in response to such an absurd claim: In fact, one small nuclear weapon, delivered by an ICBM can destroy the United States by maximizing the effect of the resultant electromagnetic pulse upon detonation.

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In fact, it would take only one to three weapons exploding above the continental United States to wipe out our entire grid and transportation network. It might take years to recover from, if ever.

This is not science fiction.

The problem we currently face is that America has a global socialist President who really does not think that we will be attacked by our enemies. He is convinced that all opposition to America is retaliatory based on his delusions of our bad actions (as he sees them). Like most global socialists, he thinks that the islamo-fascists, being socialists too, will welcome his efforts to subvert American sovereignty. This delusion is based on his failure to understand, the Islamo-fascists are not motivated by a better standard of living wrenched from the rich. Their motivation is dominance. No matter how much Obama "reaches out" to Iran, they will slap him down, as they did with his first efforts. They do not want to be "left alone", but to defeat us.

Obama was surprised by their reaction to his efforts at reconciliation because he does not have a clue about their true motivations. He is naive and arrogant at the same time. That combination can and will lead to disaster if we do not start to prepare for the coming war.