Has U.S. threatened to vaporize Mecca?

World Net Daily ^ | 1-7-05

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to vaporize Mecca?

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Friday, January 7, 2005

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Has U.S. threatened
to vaporize Mecca?
Intelligence expert says nuke option is reason bin Laden has been quiet

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Posted: January 7, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

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© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Why hasn't Osama bin Laden's terror network executed an attack on U.S. soil since 9-11?

Simple, says Dr. Jack Wheeler, creator of an acclaimed intelligence website dubbed "the oasis for rational conservatives": The U.S. has threatened to nuke the Muslim holy city of Mecca should the terror leader strike America again.

On his website, To the Point, Wheeler explains how the Bush administration has identified the potential of wiping Mecca off the map as bin Laden's ultimate point of vulnerability – the Damoclean Sword hanging over his head.

"Israel … recognizes that the Aswan Dam is Egypt's Damoclean Sword," writes Wheeler. "There is no possibility whatever of Egypt's winning a war with Israel, for if Aswan is blown, all of inhabited Egypt is under 20 feet of water. Once the Israelis made this clear to the Egyptians, the possibility of any future Egyptian attack on Israel like that of 1948, 1967, and 1972 is gone."

Wheeler says talk of bin Laden's Damoclean Sword has infiltrated the Beltway.

Writes Wheeler in his members-only column: "There has been a rumor floating in the Washington ether for some time now that George Bush has figured out what Sword of Damocles is suspended over Osama bin Laden's head. It's whispered among Capitol Hill staffers on the intel and armed services committees; White House NSC (National Security Council) members clam up tight if you begin to hint at it; and State Department neo-cons love to give their liberal counterparts cardiac arrhythmia by elliptically conversing about it in their presence.

"The whispers and hints and ellipses are getting louder now because the rumor explains the inexplicable: Why hasn't there been a repeat of 9-11? How can it be that after this unimaginable tragedy and Osama's constant threats of another, we have gone over three years without a single terrorist attack on American soil?"

Available only to subscribers of To the Point, Wheeler ends his column by explaining the effectiveness of the Mecca threat.

"Completely obliterating the terrorists' holiest of holies, rendering what is for them the world's most sacred spot a radioactive hole in the ground is retribution of biblical proportions – and those are the only proportions that will do the job.

"Osama would have laughed off such a threat, given his view that Americans are wussies who cut and run after a few losses, such as Lebanon in 1983 and Somalia in 1993. Part of Bush's rationale for invading Afghanistan and Iraq – obviously never expressed publicly – was to convince Osama that his threat to nuke Mecca was real. Osama hates America just as much as ever, but he is laughing no more."

Wheeler says bin Laden is "playing poker with a Texas cowboy holding the nuclear aces," so there's nothing al-Qaida could do that could come remotely close to risking obliterating Mecca.

Writes Wheeler: "So far, Osama has decided not to see if GW is bluffing. Smart move."

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[fire_eye]

But the point of the article is that he *does* care, and if he does, his superstition over that stupid black rock will be enough to hold him in check, if he really believes we'll carry through on a threat to destroy it. (You could be right, but on the other hand, he really *could* be that dumb... religious fanatics have a way of being colossally superstitious, y'know...)

More reason not to worship idols, ragheads... but you're all too stupid to figure that out

[wrastu]

It's not possible; but imagine the look on all the middle eastern folk faces if they woke up one morning and all of the Americans were gone. After some celebration how long would it take for them to start watching the sky?

[Squantos]

I think anything printed by mainstream media is BS....but I liked the quote as I'm sure Texas Cowboy will.

Besides......I'm just here to meet chicks and get free BBQ & Beer.......:o)

Stay safe !

[Moderate right-winger]

Nuking Mecca presents unknown dangers, like wading in uncharted territory. Nuking a terrorist state's capital is realistic. Think how Japan reacted after we crippled their two cities. On the other hand, had we hit the imperial palace and killed their emperor, they would have fought to death and all the Japanese would have kept on fighting us. Remember the parallelisms.

[Moderate right-winger]

Nuking Mecca presents unknown dangers, like wading in uncharted territory. Nuking a terrorist state's capital is realistic. Think how Japan reacted after we crippled their two cities. On the other hand, had we hit the imperial palace and killed their emperor, they would have fought to death and all the Japanese would have kept on fighting us. Remember the parallelisms.

[carl in alaska]

Saddam's fellow Baathists would sell him out in two seconds for fifty bucks. They don't care whether he lives or dies. The insurgents in Iraq would laugh at a threat to bring Saddam to an untimely demise.

[broadsword]

My cousin )Marine) and my brother (SF medic) are over there right now. Neither of them has any illusion about the "good guys" of Islam beating down the gates to help us. Those on our side (barely and untrustworthily) are being paid top dollar for their "loyalty".

And I doubt the denizens of Bagdad are flocking to Internet cafes on every high-tech corner to read and get offended by the FreeRepublic.

LOL!

[Dallas59]

The end will see ALOT of Muslims battling that guy on his white horse....And in the final judgment ALL Muslims will hear the words..."I never knew you"....

[TYVets]

"Nuking Mecca won't accomplish anything, except alienate...."

Another attack on The United States would alienate Americans to the point of calling for a real photo similar to the one in post 2.

Israel … recognizes that the Aswan Dam is Egypt's Damoclean Sword,"

Israel ,,, recognizes ... the list is long and to the point, my guess.

[broadsword]

On the other hand, had we hit the imperial palace and killed their emperor, they would have fought to death and all the Japanese would have kept on fighting us.

THIS IS NOT FACT.

It is only conjecture and speculation on your part... in BOTH posts.

[Dallas59]

Sometimes I wonder if the US would do this or...Europe....or China...

[Paul_Denton]

You can thank soft people in power for such inaction. RINOs, the liberal state department. Others. The US could easily wipe the floor with North Korea nukes or not.

[Eurotwit]

"Strip him of the jihadi rhetoric and he's just a deranged murderer."

Secularists have a tendency to underestimate the faith of others.

bin laden is what he is because of Islam, and he is a major threat because of the faith in Islam that is shared by hundreds upon hundreds millions of his fellow muslims.

[blogbat]

LOL

[Paul_Denton]

A second attack on the US also presents "unknown dangers" to the terrorists and those that support them. They think they are angery? they are lucky the US was forgiving enough not to use the nuclear option after 9/11. Another attack especially if its a WMD attack could be the straw that break's the camel's back.

[Moderate right-winger]

If the people called for it, then so be it. Until then we stay the course and keep on eradicating terrorist threats around the world.

[Finalapproach29er]

"Grab them by the balls, and their hearts and minds will follow."
-H.R. Haldeman


-Here's a variation on what you said.

[carl in alaska]

Hang in there on North Korea. Things are happening fast in NK right now; enormous pressure is being exerted on the Kim regime from several directions.

[blogbat]

"It's not possible; but imagine the look on all the middle eastern folk faces if they woke up one morning and all of the Americans were gone. After some celebration how long would it take for them to start watching the sky?"

Sounds like a great SNL skit. Some of the best comedy bears truth.

[Cobra64]

Nuking Mecca won't accomplish anything, except alienate almost all the Muslims in the world.

Well... where have you been? Ever heard of 9/11? And we did... what to cause that event?