If they are coming for you tomorrow, you must strike today. If they already have a nuke, best strike before they have two.
And remember, it doesn't take a ballistic missile to deliver it. It just takes a cargo ship. Or an airliner. In fact, a ship or a civilian plane is far superior, in that it is very deniable. No one would ever be able to prove who sent it.
Good point. I'd heard of the possibility of a cargo ship containing one, but not an airliner. I never thought of that. Evil geniuses think of these things.
It would seem that all international flights should first be detoured to Maine and Alaska, then. The ones from South America can fly to...I don't know. Any suggestions?
In this new post-911 world, international flights should be diverted from our population centers if we know what's good for us. Not gonna happen, though, unless...
The terrorist attacks are indeed an attack on Freedom, as GW originally said.
The Koran thumpers have been directly and indirectly directed to wage war against the "infadels". They keep this as close to their hearts as Born again Christians keep their hearts to the Bible.
But the Bible doesn't give commands as the Koran does. If the Bible said directly to wage war against non-believers, can you imagie the world we would live in?