Another armchair commando heard from...
AQ comes up through Mexico into San Diego, blows two tactical nukes outside the Naval Base there and pops back down below the border.
In other words, al-Qaeda would need two tactical nuclear weapons, and the ability to keep them serviceable for the several months it would take to infiltrate them into the United States.
They could activate the bomb with a cell phone and be back over the Mexican border before they blow the nuke.
Uh-huh.
That would do interesting things with our Pacific naval response profile.
Al-Qaeda doesn't give a damn about such things.
If this happens in the summer, Kerry, who I believe is a certified kook, could win.
You are describing this scenario with such lip-smacking relish that I wonder if this is what you want to happen.
GWB needs to seal this issue up soon.
How do you propose to fix it?
If al-Qaeda has nuclear weapons, they could hit any port in the United States without having to cross a border--so closing the border would not solve this problem.