[jstolzen]

The REAL question becomes..DO they have suitcase/container nukes? If so..would they be FOOLISH enough to use them?

Part of me thinks that the ragheads wouldn't be foolish enough. The other part of me fears their "we'll die trying" mentality. The problem is, they are radical - and maniacal. They apparently don't care if the ME is turned to glass or not.

IF a nuke of ANY size goes off in an American city, one can be reasonably sure of ***MASSIVE*** US retaliation against the ME and any of the "regimes" that are against the US. (GWB said "either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists". I personally think that was a warning along the lines of "if something big happens in the USA, and you are not on our side..you're gonna be on the receiving end of an ICBM or ten").

WWIII?? Possibly. Maybe that's what the bad guys have in mind. But, what they do NOT understand is the American mindset..we can be some pretty seriously pissed off cowboys when something threatens us. (Apparently, they have not watched too many John Wayne or Dirty Harry movies. This might be advised before getting too 'pissy' and lighting off a nuke or other WMD).

So..what's the consensus? Are the ragheads that stupid? Do they GET IT? (America has enough firepower to destroy earth something like 2,917 times over. If they think that we won't obliterate ANYTHING that moves after a WMD attack, the ragheads are even more stupid than first thought).

Peace to all..and may God have mercy on all of us across the ENTIRE earth. This time, more than ever..I think we're all gonna need it.

- P

[Poohbah]

Any nuke has to be delivered rather quickly. That means airfreighting it to the target--or very close to the target.

Moving it by surface transport only just cuts the margin between an earth-shattering KABOOM! and a fizzle yield too close. Murphy works against us AND the terrorists on an equal-opportunity basis.

[Merdoug]

If we get nuked, what will Russia and China do? Will they think it is their opportunity to destroy us or strike at us in fear when we start lobbing nukes in retaliation? A nuke response from us may be just what the terrorists want. They are already in the stone age and a collapse of civilazation would not affect them as much as us. That makes me think that we will NOT retaliate with nukes.

[Quix]

Part of me does not think

that even AlQaeda would be quite so bold about hinting their deliberate willingness to start WWIII

UNLESS

the puppet masters had aided and abetted them

AND

clued them in on the scheduled results of their efforts.

Consider it tinfoil if you wish. Stranger things have been true.

And, I don't think we will be able to prove it until it's too late.

[JustPiper]

Bump!