TERRORISM and COUNTERTERRORISM: News, INFORMATION & Analysis #2

Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”

Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)

However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.

This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.

Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?

Fars, please remove FReeper RoadTest from the ping list.

Thanks!

Amazing potential to relieve pain and suffering!

How much better it would have been if some of the billions of OUR money Obozo wasted on his corrupt cronies and ObozoCare were to have been put into culmination of progress like this rather than the mindless, destructive Progressive Movement he and his ilk espouse.

The last thing they want is to promote something that has a “made in Tel Aviv” label! No matter how good it is for mankind.

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2011/11/ground-breaking-medical-discovery-must.html

What a great idea - sign me up! Thanks, FARS ............................ FRegards

Duqu or something similar may be indicated in the missile explosions in Iran ... "The head of Iran's civil defense program Gholamreza Jalali said this week that the fight against Duqu is "in its initial phase" ... Debka

Without hearing what he said I cannot guess at what “duqu” might be. No Persian word comes to mind so it is possibly a name.

Sorry, FARS ... Duqu is a computer worm / virus like Stuxnet

Duqu - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duqu

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