No one thinks that anything will change. They believe that the whole world will just go on as usual. After all, the world has faced greater problems in the past and has survived. Will this not happen again? Besides, there is no Cold War when two countries were poised to use atomic bombs. Some even believe that the world is safer now that the walls of Communism have fallen.

How mistaken everyone is. Their eyes are closed to the realities that are shaping the world Weapons exist that have never existed before. These weapons have proliferated and will soon be in the hands of the most destructive groups, groups without any allegiances to any people or any nation, groups deliberately formed to terrorize and to cause destruction, groups which can only come to power by violence and disruption. These are the groups which are proliferating, growing stronger, joining together, sharing intelligence and plotting the destruction of everything that is stable. How can anyone believe that the world is safer now?