I was driving home from Wollongong yesturday listening to the radio about the Bali event, and then I started thinking about September 11, and about the possibility of Australia being attacked directly. When I got home I was talking with Roy about it and, for the first time I really started to worry!
I started thinking about Australia's hot spots, and the first that came to mind was the nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights, then I really started to worry.
What would happen if that was bombed? How far away does one need to be in order to not be physically affected by it? We live at Brighton Le Sands and Roy reackons that we would not be immune where we live, and that it would probably blow out all the windows in the whole building. So, I told him we'll move to Wollongong, and he still says it's not far enough...so how far is far enough?
Roy said that the security around that particular site was very very good, but who's to say that some idiot moron wouldn't drop a bomb from the sky or something like that with a war in progress or not.
Why anyone would build a nuclear reactor there is beyond me. Roy's thoughts are that the nuclear reactor was there first and suburbia second...but still - why couldn't they build it in the middle of no where where it belongs?
Is Australia so far away from everyone else that it is immune to attack? I don't think so. How well are we prepared for this? I'm so frustrated that the Government is not letting us know how prepared we really are. I realise that there are security issues involved here...but still - I personally need more information.
Then, what about if Australia does go to war with Iraq. First it will be Iraq, then who knows who GW Bush will want to go after next - Saudi Arabia for harbouring and fostering terrorists? Pakistan or India for their nuclear agenda?. Will conscription be introduced? Do the people want conscription? I wonder how many of us will put up our hands and volunteer to go to war...
Is GW Bush justified in going after Iraq in the first place? Should he just be concentrating his efforts on eliminating Osama? I do believe that the UN needs to do something about Iraq's nuclear agenda, but is Bush being personal about Hussein? I can't help but think he is. I recall a comment he made recently about Hussein trying to kill Bush Snr. Is the UN doing enough?
I don't know - I know it's a morbid subject. Sep 11 was devastating, but Bali is so close too home that it's very uncomfortable.
Just my rambling thoughts...
I started thinking about Australia's hot spots, and the first that came to mind was the nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights, then I really started to worry.
What would happen if that was bombed? How far away does one need to be in order to not be physically affected by it? We live at Brighton Le Sands and Roy reackons that we would not be immune where we live, and that it would probably blow out all the windows in the whole building. So, I told him we'll move to Wollongong, and he still says it's not far enough...so how far is far enough?
Roy said that the security around that particular site was very very good, but who's to say that some idiot moron wouldn't drop a bomb from the sky or something like that with a war in progress or not.
Why anyone would build a nuclear reactor there is beyond me. Roy's thoughts are that the nuclear reactor was there first and suburbia second...but still - why couldn't they build it in the middle of no where where it belongs?
Is Australia so far away from everyone else that it is immune to attack? I don't think so. How well are we prepared for this? I'm so frustrated that the Government is not letting us know how prepared we really are. I realise that there are security issues involved here...but still - I personally need more information.
Then, what about if Australia does go to war with Iraq. First it will be Iraq, then who knows who GW Bush will want to go after next - Saudi Arabia for harbouring and fostering terrorists? Pakistan or India for their nuclear agenda?. Will conscription be introduced? Do the people want conscription? I wonder how many of us will put up our hands and volunteer to go to war...
Is GW Bush justified in going after Iraq in the first place? Should he just be concentrating his efforts on eliminating Osama? I do believe that the UN needs to do something about Iraq's nuclear agenda, but is Bush being personal about Hussein? I can't help but think he is. I recall a comment he made recently about Hussein trying to kill Bush Snr. Is the UN doing enough?
I don't know - I know it's a morbid subject. Sep 11 was devastating, but Bali is so close too home that it's very uncomfortable.
Just my rambling thoughts...