Posted on 11/02/2001 1:46:24 PM PST by Tunehead54
What does it take to justify their use?
9/11. No more was needed.
Interesting question for sure. I think the attacks on WTC and the Pentagon, were WMD. I question whether we will ever do what is right, and use them, even if we suffer a chemical attack that kills many, many thousands. We can only hope, but I will believe it when I see it.
They know that tommorrow or the next day we can use even bigger weapons than today and the suspense must be very exciting for them.
I suspect that soon we will hear their leaders are dead and we will be able to dirrect our attention else where.
I am sure Sadamm is curious if the USA"s new sense of purpose will motivate us to utilize a nuke on him. I hope he thinks about it each night.
Since they've never been used since 1945 I can understand our reluctance to employ the nuclear option but I think we need to put the world on notice that we are not a target - our enemies are the target and we can deliver!
Good question! We send millions to nations that spit in our face. Maybe we ought to try a different tactic. I like President Bush's approach. "You're either with us - or you're with the terrorists."
Like Cal notes - we used nukes to save American lives ... sounds like that applies here as well.
The full declaration of War was what it took to unite the American People in WWII. The stygma of WWIII is un-avoidable, it is a historic Prophetical fact that we are living in the Biblical Last Days. Only a Ostrich with his head burried in the sand refuses to deal with the obvious fact of where we are.
Fanaticism has to be met with fanaticism. Ultimate Power ends the argument. It only hurts when you lose over and over,eventually the message comes clear to your mind! This is not worth all the pain.
Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Okinawa showed the resolve we face with the Taliban today. At some point we will need to find the courage to end this War like we ended WWII. I say drop leaflets declaring our intentions and give them a short fuse to surrender or just bend over and Kiss it good-bye! After forty years or so we can come back with the bulldozers and reclaim the land for a gravel pit!
I am sure Sadamm is curious if the USA"s new sense of purpose will motivate us to utilize a nuke on him. I hope he thinks about it each night.
Me too! Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Lebanon ...so many targets, so little time! Oops! Did I mention Saudi Arabia? Or are they "with" us now? I forget.
I wonder what even the threat to use them would do?
Hey nimc! Jeez ... Get off the fence - none of this wishy-washy stuff. Tell us how you feel!
Frankly, can I call you Frank? You may be right - there's all this crap about Islam being a peaceful religion - as long as you're muslim or supposedly "people of the book" - course I think Osama tossed that part - and too bad about those 2 billion+ Buddhists?
Maybe we need to change the 'ol "Can't we just get along?" - to "We're going to get along - or else!".
Nits breed lice anyway. Let's be done with them.
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