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I got into a big argument with a fellow employee about the possibility shortly after 9/11. She was so convinced that thousands of people would die in an attack it was ridiculous.
Delivery in sufficient quantities is the biggest problem. As mentioned in the article, people generally leave the area when something bad happens and the agents can't really follow you.
As far as the attacks by Saddam using chemical agents, you have to remember they're firing thousands of shells full of the stuff into a concentrated area. That's why there was so much death. Terrorists won't have that opportunity.
Another thing that people need to realize is that the terrorists don't need to kill a thousand people in one shot to accomplish their goals. Their main purpose is to instill fear. The very use of chemical, biologic, or nuclear weapons on our home soil against ordinary citizens will scare people. They begin thinking "I take the train every day, that could have been me" or "I passed through there just last week", etc, etc, etc.
The odds of any one of us TFP members being killed in a terrorist attack are less than the odds we'll be bit by a dog or killed in a car accident. If you're one of the unlucky few murdered in such a way your luck was just plain ridiculously bad that day.
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