Mr. Timmerman pointed out that his main concern with Iran had to do with their development of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon.\u00a0 The potential of an EMP was discovered in 1962 when a high-altitude nuclear test above the Pacific Ocean knocked out traffic lights in Hawaii.\u00a0 William Graham was commissioned to study the phenomena and in 2001 was appointed by Congress to study the threat of an EMP attack to America.\u00a0 The first report was issued in 2004; the second report was issued in 2008.<\/p>\n
Mr. Timmerman described the aftereffects of an EMP attack on America.\u00a0 All power in America will go out.\u00a0 There will be no running water, no working cell phones, and no working cars.\u00a0 The food supply will run out in approximately four or five days, and the government will collapse.\u00a0 The Iranians are studying EMP and in 1998 conducted a test in the Caspian Sea involving the trajectory that an EMP attack would take.<\/p>\n
During the cold war we shielded our infrastructure from the danger of a nuclear attack or an EMP attack with bubble memories.\u00a0 These were phased out in the \u2018peace dividend\u2019 that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u00a0 None of our power grid is currently protected from an EMP attack. Solar flares can also cause damage similar to that of an EMP.<\/p>\n
On February 18, 2011, the Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act was introduced in the House of Representatives.\u00a0\u00a0 It has been referred to various committees.\u00a0 That bill, if passed without additional spending, would cost each American consumer $3.30 once and would protect our power grid from an EMP attack.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the bill may never make it out of committee.<\/p>\n
Mr. Timmerman pointed out that the hope in this situation is providing aid to the people who support democracy in Iran.\u00a0 That is the purpose of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran.\u00a0 The threat to America (and to the world) is the regime in Iran more than it is the nuclear weapons program in Iran.\u00a0 There is widespread popular discontent in Iran due to the way the regime has mistreated its people.\u00a0\u00a0 We need to help the people of Iran get rid of the regime.\u00a0 We also need to remember that America is the Great Satan and Israel is the Little Satan.\u00a0 America is the preferred target.<\/p>\n
The information given tonight was not comforting\u2014but it painted a clear picture of the danger currently facing America.\u00a0 If our current leaders will not take the steps needed to preserve our country, we need to elect leaders who are willing to take those steps.\u00a0 The Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act needs to be passed and implemented as soon as possible.\u00a0 Also, the American government needs to support democracy in Iran.\u00a0 We have had a hand in installing the Muslim Brotherhood in all of the countries involved in the so-called \u2018Arab Spring.\u2019\u00a0 It\u2019s time we supported people who will actually work toward creating a democracy in Iran.<\/p>\n
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