[MikefromOhio]

Don't you think they would have tried something like that OVER THERE first? I mean we only have 2 sizable military presences over there.....

IF they had a weapon, which they don't.

and let's not forget, those countries over there AREN'T exactly friends either.....


the UAE is in a border dispute with Oman AND it's in a dispute with Iran over some islands in the Persian Gulf.

[NJ_gent]

"Don't you think they would have tried something like that OVER THERE first? I mean we only have 2 sizable military presences over there..... "

That depends on motive and opportunity. Detonating a nuclear device against US troops kills a few tens of thousands of US troops. From a military standpoint, that's not particularly significant, and would bring easy retribution. It would cause worldwide shock and outrage, but nothing at home on the scale of what a nuclear blast in Chicago or New York would bring.

You detonate a couple of nuclear devices against US military, you win a battle and lose a war against an enemy that knows the nuclear gloves are off. You detonate a couple nuclear devices in major US cities and you cripple the nation, collapse the economy, murder millions of Americans, and bring about the biggest strike against any westernized civilization in the history of the world.