[injin]

The only certain deterrence for this eventuality is for President Bush to clearly and publicly state that if we are hit with a nuke ,or nukes , in America , that we will nuke Mecca and Medina in immediate response , and Tehran in a second strike. Just put it on the table loud and clear and let the chips where they may. There has to be a terrible , unbearable cost to islam if they hit us. There has to be...

[mountaineer1997]

"The only certain deterrence for this eventuality is for President Bush to clearly and publicly state that if we are hit with a nuke ,or nukes , in America , that we will nuke Mecca and Medina in immediate response"

I had a professor in 1979 at the University of Washington assert this same perspective during the Iranian hostage situation.

MAD should be updated to account for religious extremists.

[frankiep]

The only certain deterrence for this eventuality is for President Bush to clearly and publicly state that if we are hit with a nuke ,or nukes , in America , that we will nuke Mecca and Medina in immediate response , and Tehran in a second strike.

But that would be too insensitive, too hostile, and would alienate the Islamopukes and give them a reason to hate us. After all, we are trying to be as sensitive and gentle as possible while we are fighting this war aren't we?