BASED ON THE GENERAL TENOR OF EVENTS THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK AN ATTACK IS LIKELY TO OCCUR

DIRTY BOMBS GOING OFF IN DC AND NYC WOULD FIT INTO THE GENERAL TENOR OF THINGS LATELY:

• TIDAL WAVES,
• NUCLEAR MELTDOWNS
  
• EARTHQUAKES,
• STOCK MARKET CRASHES,
• SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES,
• CURRENCY CRASHES,
  
• THE SO-CALLED ARAB SPRING,
• THE IMPENDING UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF STATEHOOD BY THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIANS,
• THE DURBAN CONFERENCE,
• THE IMPENDING CLASH BETWEEN TURKEY AND ISRAEL,
• IRAN GETTING NUKES...

... AND SO ON.

IT'S NOT AT ALL LIKE TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN THE WORLD SEEMED TO BE PEACEFUL AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON THE PRESIDENT'S PLATE WAS EDUCATION REFORM.

I KNOW THE BRAVE MEN ANS WOMEN CHARGED WITH PROTECTING US AND PREVENTING AN ATTACK ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

BUT IT'S SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME AND BE 100% PERFECT.

IN FACT, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY UNTIL NOW - AND ESCAPED THE LAST FEW ATTEMPTS UNSCATHED FROM SIMPLE LUCK.

I PRAY WE ARE LUCKY AGAIN.

I AM SITTING HERE A MILE OR SO FROM GROUND ZERO AND TIMES SQUARE AND PENN STATION AND GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL AND THE MIDTOWN TUNNEL AND THE LINCOLN TUNNEL AND I AM PRAYING WE WILL BE OKAY.