I don't know. If literally LA or NY was gone in a flash with millions dead there would be no limit to our rage. Any politician that proposed anything less than total annihilation would be run out on a rail.
Think hard Osama. Taking out Afghanistan and Iraq was playing nice. When you hear the call for Americans to immediately return home start digging deep...
I don't know. If literally LA or NY was gone in a flash with millions dead there would be no limit to our rage. I agree, while we are as a nation generous, companionate, reasonable and generally wise, we are also quite capable of unleashing unspeakable horror when the situation calls for it.
What may seem unthinkable to us today may tomorrow seem like a measured and reasonable response to a crisis situation. This is not a country to back into a corner. Even I fear what a frightened and vengeful America could unleash.