"An eye for an eye, perhaps ten eyes for an eye, but certainly not a thousand eyes for each eye.
Not right. Immoral. Plain and simple."
Assume it is agreed that hitting ALL muslim nations is immoral, as a response to a big hit.
Further assume we can fairly quickly determine the source(s) of such a hit. By sources, I mean like we determined 9/11/2001 originated from al Qaeda, which had an anchor in Afghanistan.
Further, it came out that the individuals came from certain countries, principally Saudi Arabia, for example.
I should hope we have put ALL nations on notice that we will use overwhelming force to respond to any hit, to include nulear force never before used.
I don't buy into the notion that Saudi Arabia is not held responsible for actions of its subjects, who wander off to Afghanistan, for example. Same for other places.
I would guess such threats of retaliation have been circulated, where they need to be.
The real big question is: What would the President in office, at the time, actually do?
Bush = fire away, perhaps
Kerry = call Kofi, convene UNSC
UNSC = Five permanent members, plus ten korrupt guys in kaftans.
nuke mecca and medina, don't nuke any other muslime cities. They will turn. Don't cut off the heads of the hydra or its arms -- aim for the heart