Gingrich’s EMP Doomsday Vision
In a word: Oy…
Gingrich: Electromagnetic Pulse Scare
Newt Gingrich, the Republican presidential hopeful, wants you to know that as commander in chief he is ready to confront one of the most nightmarish of doomsday scenarios: a nuclear blast high above the United States that would instantly throw the nation into a dark age.
…Mr. Gingrich warns that it would fry electrical circuits from coast to coast, knocking out computers, electrical power and cellphones. Everything from cars to hospitals would be knocked out. ‘Millions would die in the first week alone,’ he wrote in the foreword to a science-fiction thriller published in 2009 that describes an imaginary EMP attack on the United States. A number of scientists say they consider Mr. Gingrich’s alarms far-fetched…
Disclaimer: Having studied and researched this in the past, I am compelled to point out that EMPs do represent a measure of threat. That stated, “Far Fetched” comes as something of an understatement in this case IMHO…