Friday, May 10, 2002What Does Buffet Know Anyway?: Renowned investment guru Warren Buffet has recently predicted, at his company's annual meeting, that the U.S. would be the victim of a nuclear attack sometime in the near future. Such an attack, he said, is "virtually a certainty" during the next 50 years.Though I tend to share this kind of pessimistic view towards terrorism, I have to disagree with Buffet here. I would say that a nuclear terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the next 50 years is merely a strong possibility. I'm serious. Of course, this possibility may decline with a comprehensive program of securing loose Soviet nukes and a dismantling of Saddam Hussein's soon-to-have-nukes regime. Sadly, for now, this most important of all issues is one of the least discussed. (Arguments against myself and Mr. Buffet's views are, of course, encouraged). Posted by Matthew at 10:37 PM Comments Post a Comment (we enforce our comments policy) |
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