Oh totally. Nukes only work against conventional military measures. It's pretty useless against terrorism.
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2003 3:28 pm Subject: Re: RE: Switzerland and Peace & Harmony > All depends on one side caring about MAD. If one side cares and > the other does > not, then the point is again moot. In my example, the enemies are > well known. In > the case of the US, the enemies may not be known (or believed to > be enemies) > till its to late. > Going to the terrorism part of this thread, all an enemy needs to > do is drive a > car bomb into gas stations across the country to cause fear and > panic. Go on to > power plant destruction, bridges, food production, etc. and the US > could be hurt > greatly in no time. I could go into details of where we're > vulnerable but then I > WOULD get a call from the secret service. :) > Nukes are great as a deterrent if you can use them and the enemy > fears them. We > don't live in that world anymore. We live in a world of enemies > who care about > destruction much more than their own lives. Enemies who think in > such long terms > as to not care if thousands of them die today as they'll win > tomorrow. Nukes > mean nothing to enemies like that. > > > If the possesion of nuclear weapons results in a MAD situation, > then most > assuredly they are a very potent deterrent. This effectively > places any invader > into a no win situation. Even if they managed to somehow capture > importantareas in the USA, the US gov't could still destroy the > home country, any of > their allies, and the conquered areas about 50 times over. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) > > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2003 2:49 pm > > Subject: Re: RE: Switzerland and Peace & Harmony > > > > > > It's all moot anyhow. The USA will never be invaded, so > long as > > > it has > > > nuclear weapons. > > > Nuclear weapons are not the deterrent you may think. Look at a > > > certain tiny > > > middle eastern country with nukes. Almost all of their neighbors, > > > even the ones > > > with peace treaties, have been getting ready for a land war with > > > it for years > > > now. They don't seem afraid of the nukes. If someone decides to > > > come for the US, > > > will they be? > > > Nukes sound nice and all, but... > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
