All of Al-Qaeda's attacks are predicated on the idea that the west would rather let Al-Qaeda continue their operations than have mass civilian casualties in the Arab world.
If we had modern weapons and a medieval mindset, the war in Iraq would have been over in a week. Terrorist attack in Fallujah? Goodbye, Fallujah.
The reality is that western ethics will change if we have a WMD attack on any western nation. The medieval mindset will return. We may end up destroying large sections of Muslim countries just on rumors that terrorist operations were being planned. And most westerners won't care.
I'm not delighting in the possibility of the deaths of millions of innocent Muslims. But the reality is the west will do what it must to survive.
I think you may be right. However, 911 did it for me.
But the reality is the west will do what it must to survive.
Are you sure about that? I'm not. The twin evils of Political Correctness and Socialsm appears to have sapped much of the will to survive from Western civilization. Civilizations that want to survive have kids--the Europeans sure don't and Americans just barely do. I think even after a WMD attack, you will still have many Americans wanting to talk rather than act.
Don't worry, that will never happen. Because there are not millions of innocent muslims. Most of them are in on this war.
But the reality is the west will do what it must to survive.
Don't count on that either. As long as there's a democrat in congress, or so much as a democrat serving as a local dog catcher, they will see to it that any appropriate response is sabotaged.