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Of course there are long odds against us. That is where deterrence comes in. I am quite sure that we have told the Arab League states in private that it is in their interest to kill Al Qaeda. If they fail, we will kill them. In a day.

It was Steven den Beste who pointed out that this war will end in one of two ways; with America triumphant and the Arab world making progress towards representative government, or with American triumphant and the Arab world obliterated by a retaliatory barrage of thermonuclear warheads.

The Arabs know this. It is why they are afraid.

Oh, and AQ? Trust me on this. The Saudis will negotiate with the Israelis to clean up this little matter.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[theFIRMbss]

>this war will end in one of two ways; 1) with America triumphant and the Arab world making progress towards representative government, or 2) with American triumphant and the Arab world obliterated by a retaliatory barrage of thermonuclear warheads.

1) The Arab "masses"
seem to profoundly hate us.
If they all "move to"

"representative"
government, that would renew
a war with the West.

2) The way upper air
patterns work, nuclear strikes
any where result

in fallout patterns
distributed north and south
of the equator

in bands that include
all of the United States.
This "war" is complex.

[Cronos]

The Arab world isn't ruled by democratic govt.s they are ruled by despots -- either with titles like President (Egypt, Libya) or Emir. If we use thermonukes on them, the ruling families will escape with their money (probably in Swiss accounts) and leave the people to their doom.