[lintiness]

my comment was to previous poster who used historical detonations as somehow predictive statistically. it isn't.

as to whether we should be concerned, where was this article five months ago? it's thinly veiled political commentary.

[saboot]

Perry has been speaking about this for many years.

http://www.wjperryproject.org/

If you want to disagree with him, then give an argument. However if you want to do a quick smear and dodge then keep repeating that it's "thinly veiled political commentary" over and over again.

[mikeash]

> where was this article five months ago?

Would three months ago count, or does it need to be exactly five? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/opinion/why-its-safe-to-sc...

[jat850]

Five months ago, there wasn't an increased vocalized threat of risk towards, for example, the Iran nuclear deal, or vocalized suggestions of nuclear arms proliferation increasing. There is new information now, and that needs to be factored into level of concern. Of course it's political, but that doesn't excuse new information from having an impact on risk assessment.