Chertoff: 21st century more dangerous

[sabra]

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-21/116973565463850.xml&storylist=international

Chertoff: 21st century more dangerous

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday the world is facing a critical test as it seeks to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists, and that there will be no way "to put that genie back in the bottle" if it fails.

Chertoff told a high-level panel on terrorism at the World Economic Forum that the century will only get more dangerous as technology improves, and that global leaders must make some hard decisions now if they want to avert catastrophe.

"What we face in the 21st century is the ability of even a single individual, and certainly a group, to leverage technology in a way to cause a type of destruction and a magnitude of destruction that would have been unthinkable a century ago," he said. "And that is only going to get worse."

Chertoff said failure would mean a calamity that would dwarf even the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in its magnitude.

"You can't put that genie back in the bottle once a weapon of mass destruction or a nuclear bomb gets into the hands of a terrorist," Chertoff said. "You are not going to be able to reclaim that and it is going to transform the way in which we live."

[baldguy]

1. The 21st Century will be more dangerous...

Neocon fascists like Chertoff have made sure of that.

[saigon68]

7. Skelator Chertoff lives in a Dream World

He can't wait to put a listening device for treason, in every household in amerika






Here he is with the "SHE GODDESS" of S and M and B and D

[The2ndWheel]

2. Agreed

And whatever we end up doing to stop that will complicate the problem, and more than likely won't solve it.

The real problem is that we want everything. We want the world to be more individualistic with technology, and yet strengthen the power of states with technology to protect everyone from the individual at the same time.

When you start thinking about it, it makes sense that we're all insane. We don't know what we want, who we are, where we're going, how to get there, when to get there, how to become who we think we are, what not to do, what to do, why we shouldn't, why we should, how we might, when we could, etc, etc.

[bdamomma]

3. it became more dangerous because of you and your cabal

the neo cons.

[ShortnFiery]

4. Fearmongering: The favorite tactic of UN-American neo-con shills. n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Oh no, not the terrorist card again!! Sorry, Charlie, but those nukes are already in the

hands of the world's leading terrorist.

[LynnTheDem]

6. Thanks to george w. bush!

THANKS, george!

Stupid MFer.

[Javaman]

8. Anytime this phrase comes up...

"You can't put that genie back in the bottle", it's time to run for cover.

These fools are up to something and skeletor is doing all he can to justify his useless job.