OPINION:
The news is replete with the trillion-dollar infrastructure Bill that has very little to do with “infrastructure” and a lot to do with what can only be called pork (“New GOP support for infrastructure deal ups pressure on fragile Democratic unity,” Web, June 17). Like the COVID-19 relief bill, this measure will end up having little to do with what the name implies, but it does follow the liberal mantra of “There ain’t no end to doin’ good when you’re spendin’ somebody else’s money.”
If this truly is an infrastructure bill for once, I would like to see a portion go to protecting the “grid” from electromagnetic pulse attacks. It is said that if a single high-yield warhead was detonated over Omaha, Nebraska, at the right altitude it would put the lights out from Maine to California for a very long time.
The effect of on the American people of an EMP attack would be catastrophic. It’s estimated that 90% of the population would be dead in less than a year. Now, I am sure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will agree that that is slightly more important than daycare for welfare mothers. If the cost of total protection of the grid made up even a quarter of the proposed spending the money would be well spent.
An EMP attack is tailor-made for an enemy like North Korea or Iran, which can’t attack us in a conventional sense but has the capability to put a nuclear weapon in orbit to be detonated at an opportune time.
The Democrats have all of the power. The question is: Will they step up and deal with the real threat or will they use an EMP attack to actually surrender us to our enemies? God only knows, but I do not trust them.
MICHAEL A. PACER
Paso Robles, Calif.
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