| Bird flu won't stop terrorists, and a
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| | borders.
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| serious pandemic may encourage them to
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| | As ordinary citizens, we cannot guard
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| strike.
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| | nuclear power plants or similar targets,
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| Therefore, one more problem which policy
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| | but we can help maintain order in our own
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| makers in the world must watch out for is
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| | neighborhoods, and look for danger in the
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| maintaining security. This will be hard
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| | form of both criminals and terrorists.
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| enough when police, security guards and
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| | Terrorists who really analyze the world
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| soldiers are sick and dying in large
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| | situation may well conclude that it's
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| numbers.
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| | important to strike at the United States
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| Of course, terrorists are not immune to
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| | while we are distracted and weakened by
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| bird flu, and some will no doubt become
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| | the bird flu pandemic.
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| sick and die just as everyone else. But
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| | Our main world rival, China, will be
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| since we cannot count on bird flu
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| | weakened even more so. It's quite
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| incapacitating all of them, we must
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| | possible that in China there'll be
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| prepare to guard against attacks.
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| | widespread violence in the countryside
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| Many terrorists do prefer to meticulously
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| | against the government, and conflicts
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| plan and prepare for their attacks.
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| | between regions. It is possible it could
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| During a pandemic society will not be on
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| | break up into different countries.
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| a regular basis, and therefore it'll be
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| | It's possible that a great ally of
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| harder to make detailed plans that assume
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| | terrorism, North Korea, could see a
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| society will maintain its established
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| | political change. North Koreans have
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| order. However, the relative chaos and
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| | withstood massive starvation in the past
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| anarchy will make it easier to carry out
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| | twenty years. Will they also passively
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| small scale but strategically targeted
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| | accept widespread death by bird flu?
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| bombings.
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| | Iran's mullahtocracy could be overturned
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| In some countries, there may be so much
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| | by its dissatisfied citizens. Though the
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| anti-government sentiment and activity
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| | House of Saud may be overturned by
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| that terrorism will be unnecessary.
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| | Islamic fanatics.
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| Terrorists looking to attack the
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| | A bird flu pandemic could be a bad time
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| established order may find that bombs
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| | to be the government -- in many countries
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| just aren't necessary -- there're too
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| | around the world. Yet the United States,
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| many demonstrators and rioters in the
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| | although facing violence and chaos, has
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| streets already. One bomb more or less
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| | the best chance of emerging from the
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| won't make any difference.
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| | pandemic politically intact. And although
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| It's possible that in prodominately
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| | we'd be economically weakened, we'd be in
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| Islamic countries those that preach a
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| | relatively better shape than the rest of
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| return to an extreme interpretation of
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| | the world, similar to our situation at
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| the Koran and sharia as a way to avoid
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| | the end of World War 2 -- which
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| Allah's wrath in the form of bird flu
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| | terrorists would hate.
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| will find a ready audience of the fearful
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| | Governments around the world recognize
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| and grief-stricken.
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| | the potential for a serious bird flu
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| It's also possible that in many countries
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| | pandemic to drive them from power, which
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| those that are able to use the bird flu
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| | is why they are working so hard despite
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| pandemic to seize power from the
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| | political differences to contain the
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| government will be opportunists and
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| | virus.
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| strong-arm criminal dictators who have no
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| | However, terrorists have no such interest
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| sincere interest in rule by Islamic law.
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| | in maintaining the present order.
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| They will impose rule by force upon a
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| | Therefore, we must assume they may take
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| population decimated by bird flu and
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| | advantage of the situation. They may get
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| looking for a way to return to normal.
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| | little or no publicity while the world is
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| Terrorists may take advantage of U.S.
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| | preoccupied with millions of bird flu
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| disorganization and law enforcement
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| | deaths, but they may be able to damage
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| personnel shortages to enter the country
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| | needed infrastructure.
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| from either the northern or southern
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