"The real danger to us of an Iranian nuke is not that we'll receive one on the end of an ICBM, nor that we'll have it delivered to us in New York or Boston via briefcase"
I thought the World Trade Center was located in New York City. I am glad you are confident we won't be attacked.
Your assurance and a dime won't even buy me a donut.
Ahmadinajad is all bark and no bite. Just like Hitler.
Don't have to tell me, pal: I walked away from 1 WTC on September 11th, and I haven't stopped thinking about it for the last 5 years.
And by the way, as I recall it, that was 19 nutjobs hijacking airliners, not sneaking a dirty bomb or launching an ICBM against New York City. In effect, three 757's inflicted the same amount of damage (sans radiation) that one would expect to see from a tactical nuclear device, at far less cost, with fewer security risks, and with a patina of "plausible deniability" for their masters.
The problems with defending against a 9/11-style attack all centered around a security apparatus that treated terrorism as a crime and not an act of war. THAT was the loophole the attackers exploited. But the "system" is alerted now and the chances of getting such a device into the United States (while still high) are not such that the risk outwieghs the benefit for Iran.