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To: Aetius
If practitioners of the Religion of Peace did set off a nuclear bomb in the US, thus destroying one of our major cities and killing millions, why shouldn't we then respond in such a way?

(1) I find it hard to believe that terrorists have nuclear devices and they have not yet used them anywhere.

(2) No nuclear device they are capable of deploying could kill millions.

A dirty bomb, perfectly deployed, would probably be less lethal than 9/11.

(3) Nuking Mecca in response to a dirty bomb would result in (a) the complete and total ostracism of the US by every other nation in the world and (b) would be the catalyst of bin Laden's dream - it would probably result in Taliban-style governments overthrowing every secular Muslim state and would unify all the squabbling Arab governments against the US.

It would be a enormous strategic blunder.

The rational response to a dirty bombing would be a large-scale partial deportation of Muslims from the US and the swift execution of thousands of radical Muslim activists.

57 posted on 07/15/2005 9:49:35 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander in Chief)
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To: wideawake

every secular Muslim state

What? Turkey?


75 posted on 07/15/2005 9:53:38 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: wideawake

All was prefaced with an "If"

I'm not saying to respond disproportionately. You may be right about terrorist nuke potential. I certainly hope you are. All I'm saying is that if they were able to detonate a powerful nuke, then we should feel free to respond in kind.

As to deporting Muslims: Yeah right. To the elite, pro-mass immigration forces in this country, nuking every Muslim city on the planet would be less radical than actually deporting people.


126 posted on 07/15/2005 10:05:10 AM PDT by Aetius
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To: wideawake

"The rational response to a dirty bombing would be a large-scale partial deportation of Muslims from the US and the swift execution of thousands of radical Muslim activists."

Nope.

Cook 'em.


193 posted on 07/15/2005 10:27:53 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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