Dear Author, The US has been nuked at this point. What can we do in response to a nuclear attack on America that will avoid adding "another injury" to "their litany of grievances"?
Wouldn't every Islamic terrorist on earth head to Mecca if they know that we have designated it as a "safe zone" for terrorists to hang out at?
People like this author would like to condition you to accept the destruction of your country without reacting angrily afterward.
Dear Jim: No it hasn't been nuked. It's a hypothetical that will probably never be realized in our lifetimes. But even as a hypothetical it's flawed, because nobody seems to be able to tell us who's guilty of popping the nuke in the first place. And without that piece of information, how can we possibly start lobbing our own nukes in response?
Wouldn't every Islamic terrorist on earth head to Mecca if they know that we have designated it as a "safe zone" for terrorists to hang out at?
No. If you're a terrorist, you try to get where you can hurt us. You can't stage terrorist attacks from Mecca, and you can't set up your training camps there, either. If you could, you'd have already done so.
People like this author would like to condition you to accept the destruction of your country without reacting angrily afterward.
Not even close to what he said.