Nuke goes off in NY, or Dallas or New Orleans, etc., and I guarantee you that there will be nuclear retaliation against any identified source within 90 minutes, max.
Nuke goes off in such a way as to take out the President or any significant portion of our government and there will be a general bombardment of that entire region.
Nuke goes off anywhere on the planet and marshal law will be declared, all potential enemies will be warned to not approach our assets anywhere in any way, shape or form, and no ship, plane or any other form of transportation will be allowed within 50 miles of our borders.
Oh, and troops will be deployed with shoot to kill orders at all borders and ports.
"...there will be nuclear retaliation against any identified source...".
Some mud huts in northwest Pakistan? Some caves in southeast Afghanistan? Persians in Detriot? If anyone thinks were going to nuke Muslim countries for the sake of attacking Muslim countries, they're nuts.
We're also not going to nuke a bunch of civilians.
You said -- "Nuke goes off in NY, or Dallas or New Orleans, etc., and I guarantee you that there will be nuclear retaliation against any identified source within 90 minutes, max."
I have no idea why you say that. It will never happen. The U.S. simply does not indiscriminately bomb places, no matter what the liberal media says. If you've joined the liberal media in that "chorus" then you must believe all that other liberal media garbage, too.
What the U.S. needs to do is elminate Islam as a viable religion in this country. They need to outlaw it, destroy all the mosques, deport all the clerics and then have an oath of allegiance to the U.S. for all the Muslims who want to remain in this country. Otherwise deport them.
And then, the U.S. needs to destroy the central symbols of the Islamic faith around the world. They need to destroy every last single one of them and jail all the clerics in the world.
Now, that's a *less drastic* step than nuking several countries. BUT -- even so -- I would be willing to bet that many people would say that we *cannot* take this less drastic step because it would be against people's right -- while at the same time -- be willing to take away people's right to life by nuking entire countries.
There is something wrong in people's minds who say this...
Regards,
Star Traveler
i keep hearin that isotope ID's can reliably be achieved-U tellin me that based on a lab analysis we'd burn pakistan if some 'splinter group' got its goodies from the pakkies?!
That's what should happen, and God willing, it's exactly what Bush has said to Iran, Syria, Lybia, Egypt, Hamas, etc.. But it depends on who controls the White House. Dems won't do a thing.