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Where's the "Nuke Mecca" crowd today??

The use of "overwhelming force as a deterant crowd" is right where it always was.
Hiroshima worked, and I have always supported their type of strategy, rather than that of the "limited war for political goals crowd".

If the USA would have responded to 9/11 'in kind', with a show of force, the Iraq war would have been unnecessary, imo.

The 9/11 religious fanatics that attacked us were proveably supported by an overwhelming majority of their faith, based in Mecca. We could have given an ultimatum due on 10/11.
-- Renounce these criminals, turn over their leaders to our justice; - or; -- we will deliver a small tactical 'dirty nuke' over the heart of Mecca making it inhabitable for 40 years.

'They' would have folded, or - suffered a hiroshima type loss, - then folded. This crisis would have been resolved, at a minimal loss of non-fantical life. Islamic terrorism would have been given a lesson not easily forgotten.

It is not now resolved. The Iraq stituation is far from being over.
In my opinion, the fanatics/terrorists will use Iraq to get even more support for their irrational causes.
The big stick will still be needed. We have won just another campaign, not our enemies 'hearts & minds', which is a futile goal in any case.
They will only understand raw power.

History will show it was only in the 23nd year of World War Three [9/11/01] that the West began to face, reluctantly and grudgingly, the magnitude of the threat confronting it. It was only then, led by Britain and America, the West began to mount a true offensive to counter the radical Islamic attack. Whether this offensive will be too little, too late is still to be determined. The outcome is by no means certain.

Like the European Thirty Years War, which pitted all of Europe's Catholics against its Protestants, this War pits two opposing worldviews, which are not only irreconcilable, but also mutually exclusive. That one of these worldviews, radical Islam, is informed by an irrational religiosity bent upon extinguishing Western Civilization, makes it an absolute necessity for the West to treat this World War much more seriously and much more urgently.

This Third World War may very well become a 50 year, a 75 year, even a 100 year War, but it would be a grave mistake to believe the War just began on September 11, 2001, or is only now about to begin, or end, with Iraq.

About the Author:
Sal Rosken is a private investor living in New York. He survived the 1993 bombing of the WTC.

A Short History of World War IIIA Lesson of the Future.
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