[nygoose]

These tin-horned dictators seem to forget that the United States has the power to vaporize their countries in about one hour.

Do you think the United States government will ever, for any reason, use a nuclear weapon in defense of our country and its people? Just curious.

[cake_crumb]

"Do you think the United States government will ever, for any reason, use a nuclear weapon in defense of our country and its people?"

In response to a WMD attack on American soil, and depending on who's charge....yes it is possible.

[pleikumud]

Hopefully we'll never have to. But if a terrorist organization detonated a nuclear device over the U.S. and we could determine a responsible rogue regime, I imagine we would retaliate in kind.

I think it's possible for a terror organization to do this, and in additon to killing hundreds of thousands of Americans with radiation, it would shut down most normal communications in the U.S., paralyzing our economy. The Democrats don't seem to understand the consequences of losing in Iraq, which is the key battle in the war on terror. The Democrats in Congress are undermining our troops, giving aid and comfort to the enemy: treason defined. The penalty for treason should be death by hanging.

[SlayerOfBunnies]

We already did. Times two. I think we need to consider doing it again.