[Jim Noble]

You do not seriously believe that a President would murder millions of civilians because of a successful attack on a purely military target, do you?

And, sinking one or more carriers in the open ocean would result in ZERO collateral damage.

[riverdawg]

“You do not seriously believe that a President would murder millions of civilians because of a successful attack on a purely military target, do you?”

Ask the relatives of the Japanese civilians who were “collateral damage” in World War II as a consequence of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

[MCRD]

Yeah, Einstein the only collateral damage would be the 5000 plus sailors on the carrier alone. I'm sure our retaliation would be tailored primarily to take out military targets and personnel. This wouldn't be a Johnson / McNamara FUBAR.