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Posted 2007-08-05, 01:19 AM in reply to HandOfHeaven's post starting "As far as I know, I don't think they..."
The problem is, the people desperately trying to get their hands on nukes right now are the same people who would welcome the end of the world.


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Posted 2007-08-05, 04:00 AM in reply to JRwakebord's post starting "The problem is, the people desperately..."
What is our method of reprisal for a nuclear detonation on U.S. soil against an extremist multinational organization?
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Posted 2007-08-05, 05:34 AM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "What is our method of reprisal for a..."
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Posted 2007-08-05, 05:51 AM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "What is our method of reprisal for a..."
Willkillforfood said:
What is our method of reprisal for a nuclear detonation on U.S. soil against an extremist multinational organization?
Realistically, or what would our current leadership do in retaliation?
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Posted 2007-08-05, 07:11 AM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "What is our method of reprisal for a..."
I imagine there'd be a couple of months of saying how terrible the act was, how it was an atrocious act against not only those who died, but America herself, how that the people who carried out the attack needed to be crushed now before it could happen again... and then you'd invade five or six countries with small ties to said organisation . However, you'd not go it alone. Britain would tag along like the fucking lapdog Blair made us, whilst the rest of Europe would follow Russia and France as they veto their way out of conflict causing the UN to refuse to sanction the war, making it illegal... which wouldn't mean anything or stop anyone.

At least, that's what I think your current administration might do.
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Posted 2007-08-05, 08:05 AM in reply to Lenny's post starting "I imagine there'd be a couple of months..."
Really? My guess is we'd nuke the shit out of four or five countries.
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Posted 2007-08-05, 08:40 AM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "Really? My guess is we'd nuke the shit..."
Nuke four or five countries and you've got the rest of the world against you.

There are already places like N. Korea, China, Iran that are supposedly developing their own nuclear weapons. Then you've got the terrorists who'd be able to either acquire their own nuclear weapon, or do something with the nuclear plants/nuclear waste around the world. Either they bomb the nuclear plants and cause untold choas, or they acquire some of the nuclear waste and make a dirty bomb with it - set off a sizeable dirty bomb in the middle of an American city (or anyone allied with America) and you've not only killed however many hundreds of people with the initial blast, but there's also the fact that the blast will have acted like a giant sneeze and sent out a giant wave of radioactive material for quite a distance, effectively harming the majority of people within the blast radius, a bit further out, too, and shutting down an American city. Imagine if they did it in New York. The damage would be catastrophical!

As for other countries who might be clever enough to not use nukes - France, Germany, Italy, Russia, other European countries. Between them they can effectively control the UN. Look at what happened years ago when Bush decided to go to war in Iraq. The support for America was almost non-existent.

Add to the fact that there's a second Cold War quietly brewing (Russia planted a flag on the oil-rich sea-bed under the North Pole a few days ago, and are now claiming the territory as their own)... well, America has got to tread very carefully. Nukes would not only make the terrorists fight fire with fire, but the rest of the world would not exactly attack America, but they can cut you off.

Nukes, then, are out of the question, I think.
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Posted 2007-08-05, 09:16 AM in reply to Lenny's post starting "Nuke four or five countries and you've..."
I can't argue with you. All of your points are valid, Lenny. But I don't think you understand the extent of American chauvinism.
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Posted 2007-08-05, 09:21 AM in reply to Demosthenes's post starting "I can't argue with you. All of your..."
I don't understand the majority of lots of things, to be honest.

What I posted above is just complete speculation and, in most points, worst case scenario.

T'would make a brilliant plot for some kind of political thriller film, wouldn't it?
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