How many US cities would have to be destroyed before you would agree to negotiations
OK, Carl. Lets start. First off, you are dealing with a "False Premise." You are assuming that we will let them get bombs and set them off. Is this impossible? No. Is it probable? That is the question. We have been engaged in stopping bad guys from getting Nuclear Weapons for about 20 years. So far, so good.
One good thing about them is that they are complicated. You don't put one together in your garage. Plus the core material and the stuff needed to set it off deteriorates. It is going to take a state to put one together. They could then pass it to someone else to detonate, but we would know where it came from.
The next point is that as bad as we were at doing something about Bin Ladin, we are pretty good at tracking down nuclear stuff. We have spent Billions since the Soviets collapsed keeping track of the the stuff.
But, in spite of all of the above, lets suppose that Al Q, or someone else got one and set it off in NYC. Killed millions. What to do? Do we roll over and beg? Of course not!
Your attitude appears to be, Oh,Oh, Oh, we are doomed! Lets pull back to our borders and hope no one tries to hurt us! Is this going to save us? Of course not! They would be even more eager to come after us. All we can do is stand and fight, and hope we get them before they get us.
911 may end up being a blessing, if it acts as a wake-up call to this country that we must defend ourselves against these things. Our best bet is to play "Offense," not "Defense." |
