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**aparneioninny** · 11-30-2006, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by Lancer
Iranian/Syrian terrorists, Saudi terrorists, whoever. If they use nukes should we now announce that the parent country will reap the retaliation? Might that draw a line in the sand, stop them from using them? Ummm... no, I don't think so. The thing is, these guys believe they are already at war with Western Civilization in general and the US in particular. They seek to fan the flames of what they see as the good fight between Islam and the good muslims on one side and the evil westerners on the other. They will use every weapon at their disposal, and by threatening retaliation against a whole country - or against all of Islam - I believe the US would only make matters a whole hell of a lot worse.

Don't forget, there are over 1 billion muslims out there, and if even 1% of them had anything to do with Al Qaeda or any other terror organization, that would put about 10 million terrorists out there right now, plotting attacks or helping prepare for them. Does the world today look like there are 10 million terrorists out there? I don't think so. To me it looks more like a handful here, a dozen there, a few hundred scurrying about in the dark somewhere in between, maybe a few thousand supporters hiding in the shadows.... and that's about it, I think. Well, if the US threatened to nuke Mecca, it wouldn't be anymore, because... well, I could make a big long list of points here, but to cut things short, I basically believe that this would be like telling over 1 billion muslims that "We hate your religion, we hate you - and even if you don't attack us, we might nuke you anyway!"

Hardly a good way to keep the peace, I say.

11-30-2006, 01:36 PM	#21
aparneioninny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 486 Senior Member	Originally posted by Lancer Iranian/Syrian terrorists, Saudi terrorists, whoever. If they use nukes should we now announce that the parent country will reap the retaliation? Might that draw a line in the sand, stop them from using them? Ummm... no, I don't think so. The thing is, these guys believe they are already at war with Western Civilization in general and the US in particular. They seek to fan the flames of what they see as the good fight between Islam and the good muslims on one side and the evil westerners on the other. They will use every weapon at their disposal, and by threatening retaliation against a whole country - or against all of Islam - I believe the US would only make matters a whole hell of a lot worse. Don't forget, there are over 1 billion muslims out there, and if even 1% of them had anything to do with Al Qaeda or any other terror organization, that would put about 10 million terrorists out there right now, plotting attacks or helping prepare for them. Does the world today look like there are 10 million terrorists out there? I don't think so. To me it looks more like a handful here, a dozen there, a few hundred scurrying about in the dark somewhere in between, maybe a few thousand supporters hiding in the shadows.... and that's about it, I think. Well, if the US threatened to nuke Mecca, it wouldn't be anymore, because... well, I could make a big long list of points here, but to cut things short, I basically believe that this would be like telling over 1 billion muslims that "We hate your religion, we hate you - and even if you don't attack us, we might nuke you anyway!" Hardly a good way to keep the peace, I say.
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