After getting hooked on the series "Jericho" lately, I've been asking myself the same question as well: What would our response be to a nuclear event in the US or an immediate ally (i.e., Great Britain).
Here's my 0.02 worth...
What we wouldn't do:
- We would NOT destroy Mecca, Medina or anything of 'religious' significance - not at this stage anyways.
- We would NOT take out any Muzzie city.
What we might do:
- Use several bunker-busting tactical nukes to take out Iran's nuclear and Command and Control sites.
- Warn Pakistan that they have 24 hours to turn over "the keys" to their nukes to us or face the consequences.
- Warn North Korea that we're ready to launch against them if they as much as yawn the wrong way.
What we would do:
- We would activate all National Guard and Reserve forces.
- We would begin a major military build-up of conventional forces.
- We would launch conventional -- but MASSIVE-- air strikes against multiple targets across the Middle East, primarily Iran.
- We would put our strategic forces on alert.
- Israel would be attacked by the Hezbos and Hamas simultaneously.
- The Middle East would erupt in regional war, and the United States along with Britain, Australia and several NATO nations (hell, maybe even France!) would finally recognize this as the global war that it already is.
- It would take approximately 12-18 months, however, for America to be completely on a nationalized war footing (similar to World War II).
The real question isn't IF, folks... It's WHEN?
I wouldn't count on France's help.
>>The real question isn't IF, folks... It's WHEN?
Aw, that's easy! When GWB is POTUS, Allah willing.
Ask me another! :)