Are we going to wait until New York City or Washington D.C. is nuked before we respond? No, I don't think so. President Bush made a statement at last week's Homeland Security address that we are just at the beginning of the Afghanistan war and that Afghanistan represents just the beginning of our worldwide war against terror.
I am convinced that President Bush is setting the stage for a widening war which may very well include surgical nuclear strikes. I'm sure we have tactical nukes already in place against our enemies and as soon as we determine that they have acquired nuclear capability, we will use them.
It is time to forge an agreement with the current nuclear powers of the world to stop nuclear proliferation in its tracks. It is enough that the U.S., Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and at least a half-dozen other countries possess nuclear weapons. No more nations should be allowed to join the nuclear club. We need to jointly issue a statement that any other nation attempting to develop nuclear weapons will be seen by the rest of the civilized world as an act of war. This may not sit well with the isolationists out there who say that the U.S. needs to mind their own business. But I feel that this is necessary in order to preserve civilization as we know it.
It's time to send the big ones and not play games with "tactical nukes". 2 or 3 would end the war especially if there was an immediate announcement that any other nation supporting the muslim terrorists would receive the same. To hell with what the rest of the world thinks.