Posted on 05/11/2012 11:57:33 AM PDT by Fennie
Meanwhile, in Iran...
It’s a good thing to have in contingency as a threat of retaliation for the day when the Muslim Brotherhood smuggles the bomb into a western country... Something similar worked for Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Exactly.
What if they level Washington DC then threaten to blow up other major cities?
We need a credible threat for retaliation and that should be openly discussed.
It took total destruction of major Japanese cities to soften the crazies who bombed Pearl Harbor. Only total victory convinces fanatics to give up.
WWII was won by overwhelming force. Not by political correct niceties.
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