[ought-six]

"One of these times, these guys are going to pi$$ off the wrong people. People who have no compunction about levelling holy cities."

That would be the Russians. They don't care a wit about holy places if leveling them will send a strong message.

[AmishDude]

I think you're right. The Russians would carpet bomb holy cities. It would take all of the diplomacy Bush could muster to keep them from using nukes.

And the Muslims hate the Russians for Chechnya. Hmmm....