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Politics : Is Secession Doable?
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To: TimF who wrote (1890)12/17/2004 7:02:02 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1968
 
"In addition to non-nuclear missiles and nuclear attacks on targets other then the US homeland"

None of the proposed systems are useful for regional missiles. The transit time is just too short for an effective response.

Do you honestly believe that any president wouldn't respond to a nuclear attack on our troops or any American installation or asset overseas like an attack on US soil? If so, I don't think you have realistically assessed the situation. In fact, any country that were to use nuclear weapons for any reason is likely going to have the US land on them like the proverbial ton of bricks. Unless, of course, all of our military resources are tied up doing nation building across the Middle East...
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