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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (57120)11/14/2002 4:52:16 PM
From: slacker711  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Al-Usuquf does not fear an American military response. "Even if five or 10 cities are chosen at random to be destroyed, it will still be a small price to pay.

I dont particuarly believe much in this article....but I think it needs to be made overwhelmingly clear that nuclear deterrence still applies.

If 7 nuclear weapons went off in the US, there wouldnt be many muslims left alive in the world.

I hate to put that down in writing because it sounds so cold blooded....but the reality is that we would have done the same thing during the cold war. If Castro had launched 10 nuclear weapons from Cuba during the height of the Cuban Missle Crisis, our response wouldnt have been limited to Cuba.

They might be madmen but Al Qaeda does appear to have political goals. It needs to be clear that their wouldnt be any nations left in which they could pursue their goals if the unthinkable occurs.

Ugh....I feel ugly just writing this post, but no uglier than after reading that article.

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