Enquanto isto, em um grupo de discussão do Linked In , eu recebo esta "pérola" de um coronel reformado dos USMC.
Infelizmente acho que ele nem deve chegar perto de jornais como o NYT.

America's Urgent Need for Secured Borders.

October 19, 2014

What if . . .

By Col. Don Anderson USMC Ret.

The last several weeks has seen our attention drawn between two very vital and pressing issues on the news; the ongoing, and worsening situation concerning the massive gains that ISIS continues to make in Iraq and Syria despite hundreds of “sorties” being flown by coalition aircraft dropping tons of ordnance; and the increasing Ebola threat that has now found its way into the USA.

As drastic as the first is, let me take a few paragraphs here, and paint a picture, build a possible, and very frightening scenario for you, one that has not come to be, is not being played out . . . or is it?

We are all very aware, and have been since the first terrorist’s attacks hit us on our own soil on 9-1-1. Moreover, I am sure that all of you can remember where you were, and what you were doing the moment these horrendous events were taking place, I know I can, vividly!

Our weaknesses were probed; a void was found—and filled with devastating results.

Now consider this.

We know Jihadist have been watching the events unfold in Africa and the US in regards to the rapidly unfolding Ebola crisis. We know they have been searching for a new weapon that is easy to obtain, easy to transport without notice, and is easy to use. One that will result in tremendous loss of life without much effort on their part, in fact, with very little effort on their part.

Let’s take only one of these individuals, let’s name him “Hammad.” Well, Hammad, and the organization he works with have been searching—racking their brains to find a way to strike deep into the heart of America in a manner as I have described above. Then, after watching a news broadcast detailing the new threat that has just surfaced in the USA, he begins to listen intensely as the President, members of the CDC, state and local government officials, and doctors discuss the known individuals that are infected with the virus, the treatments being administered, as well as their need to locate those they consider at risk, and laying out their plans to combat the disease.

As Hammad listens, he begins to formulate a plan—and not just any plan, but one that has the potential to, if he can accomplish it, decimate the population of the US, and in the process, take out a key first line of defense; USCIS, in particular, US Customs and Border Protection.

Hammad knows that Chemical and Biological Warfare, if the right agent is found, and if it can be utilized effectively in a covert manner, has the potential to cause mass causalities, with little or no risk of detection until the action is well under way, until thousands have been affected—and then it is, too late!

Hammad knows that the Ebola virus has a “Kill” ratio of approximately 80% of those affected, unless it is detected and treatment is available and started immediately. As a Jihadist, he knows that giving his own life to further the goals of “Islam”, is all part of what he has been groomed for, what is expected of him.

Hammad’s plan; he will travel to Africa, become infected with the Ebola virus, then without delay, travel to Mexico, and once there to move towards the border towns adjacent to California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas.

Once in Mexico, realizing he has a “ticking bomb” spreading within his body, he will begin to put the second phase of his plan into play—to find his needed carriers, unsuspecting men, women, even children looking for a way to cross illegally into the USA.

He knows, as do they, in order to do this, they will need the money to hire a guide, a “Coyote” to assist them in their journey to a better life across the border. Hammad has planned for this--he has been supplied with thousands in US dollars with which to further entice his “human bio-hazard bombs,” as well as pay the required guides. He just has to locate and infect as many innocents as possible in the short amount of time he has before he becomes symptomatic, incapacitated, but that is the easy part . . . there are hundreds of willing “victims” waiting for his assistance to provide them the opportunity for a better life.

One problem remains; how to infect them?

He has the answer to that, again, it is money! As he is a very handsome man in his late twenties, he knows finding women that not only have a strong desire to cross the border, and knowing that his looks, coupled with a couple hundred US dollars will gain him entry to their beds, the perfect opportunity to infect them with the deadly virus he carries. His plan to infect the children is somewhat easier, most are hungry, most have not had a candy bar, soda, or fast food hamburger in a long time, if ever. He will simply find those families with children that have the same desires—entry into the USA, buy them the treat, making sure to take a small bite, or drink to “taste it” before handing it to the child, easy!

The men will be a somewhat more difficult task, but not one that insurmountable. Hammad knows that many men will be smokers, if not, they will surely have a taste for a cold beer. He will simply ask the smokers for a “drag” on a cigarette, handing it back to them, or offer them a cold beer, after “tasting” the liquid as he would do with the children’s food and drinks.

By following this simple plan, he will, in a very short period of time, be able to infect several dozen unsuspecting men, women, and children, before sending them on their journey to the USA and a “Better Life.” And all in the name of Allah!

As we fast forward seven days, Hammad has successfully traveled to Liberia, paid to be with two women showing early signs of Ebola, and traveled on the Tijuana, Mexico. He knows he has from 3 to 14 days left before he will be showing outward signs of the virus, and soon after that, be dead, so he heads to the poorest area of the city to find his first female victim.

It doesn’t take him more than an hour to find young woman sitting on a sidewalk, leaning against a building clutching a small infant to her breast all while begging for change. Hammad squats down, pulls a one-hundred dollar bill from his shirt pocket, shows it to her, and watches as her eyes distant, a sullen expression on her face as she reaches for it. Placing it in her hand, he closes her fingers around it and then ask her in broken English if she will pleasure him for more money. She hesitantly agrees. During their short encounter he has also discovered that she has family in the USA and dreams of joining them, but has no money for the “Coyote.” He has found his first, “IBHC” (Improvised Bio Hazard Carrier)

Over the next five days, he manages to infect six more women, four families by buying them fast food and using his taste test, ten children, and fifteen men, all of which have the desire for a better life by crossing into the USA illegally.. It has now been twelve days since his infection, and he has become feverish. Knowing he has but a day or two before he will become incapacitated, he locates five guides to assist his very special packages in their travel across the border. Knowing the hazards encountered on these journeys, he pays the guides very well to make sure that they make it across the border, but also instructs them to take them to an area where they will be found by border patrol officers and transported to a holding facility, knowing that their chances of being immediately returned to Mexico under the current administration are almost nil. They all agree to his terms, and the next night his IBHC’s are on their way to their “better life.”

Four days later, as his packages are “safely” in the hands of the USICS, and have been transported to holding facilities in Southern California,New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, Hammad lies in a hospital bed in a Tijuana, dying. A weak smile on his lips, he mumbles, “Allahu Akbar! God is Great!

I am sure all of you can visualize where this story will end . . . .

Agents and medical personnel at the centers will initially take the victims symptoms as those of the flu, and will treat it as such, and not suspecting anything more serious, will take but minimal precautions; latex gloves, and possibly mask. Within a matter of hours, days of arrival, not only have they infected hundreds of unsuspecting fellow detainees, but numerous USICS personnel, and they in turn have taken the virus home, infecting their friends and loved ones, thus starting a domino effect. And all through the efforts of one determined terrorist. And without firing one, single shot!

Now, imagine if there was not just one, but two, three, ten, or more of these fanatics all bent on the same purpose. They could effectively infect vast numbers of not only unsuspecting civilians, but hundreds of key law enforcement and government officials. God only knows where it would end.

Now as the President sends thousands of our brave service men and women into a battle against an unseen enemy in South Africa, one they have not been trained to fight, he states he will admit non-citizens suffering from this deadly virus into the country to utilize our medical facilities to assist them, but at what cost to the citizens?

I believe that it is time, in fact, well beyond the time to close our borders. Place our troops where they are needed, and needed now! By doing so we take a big step in securing our families and our way of life from both known and unknown threats from this point on.

I am not sure that the current administration, judging by its prior actions, even has the desire to take this step, however, I do feel that if John McCain, or Hilary Clinton were sitting in the Oval Office, our borders, and our citizens would be secure--knowing that US border control is of as much a concern to them, as it is to the majority of the citizens of our great nation.

My God Bless us all!