..The military will be the least of our worries!
The total lack of NATION HEALTH CARE will doom the US instantly!
As the uninsured, 50 million strong, wander about wondering if they only have "a cold" the flu will spread like wild fire...
Amazingly, this flu seems to kill the young and the old...so younger families without health care benefits will be most vulnerable.
Reports of what Bird Flu "could do" border on THE BLACK DEATH scenario of the 1360's! Then, WAGES WHEN UP...AS THE POPULATION WHEN DOWN...
In the 1360s...the GLOBAL ECONOMY was a factor because the Crusades in the Holy Land opened up Europe to Asia and the middle east...
Epidemics tend to stay "clustered" until some event happens that causes a pandemic spread...OUR CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY FITS THAT DESCRIPTION TO A TEE...!
If Bird Flu hits...will the cities empty out...ala New Orleans and Houston...? Where will people go? Who will accept them...will local road blocks be set up...will vigilantes take over?
BIRD FLU COULD MAKE OSAMA LOOK LIKE A MINOR PROBLEM... LET US HOPE IT NEVER COMES TO THAT!