In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:46:31 -0800: Hi, [snip] > >On Jun 15, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > >> In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:03:46 >> -0800: >> Hi, >> [snip] >>> It eliminates the need for occupation. >> >> What does this mean? > >It means if you wipe out the population you don't need to occupy the >country with massive amounts of troops.
If you drop enough nukes to wipe out the country you have committed genocide and the land itself is useless as well because it is uninhabitable for thousands of years. (This already happened once before - see Ur). Furthermore, the jet stream will carry the fallout around the planet, and millions of your own population will also die of radiation poisoning and cancer. Perhaps needless to say, the perpetrators could well be among them. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
