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TABS - Why all this fear that a big bomb would ruin the world? Is that a fair assumption? Did the destruction of 2 cities ruin Japan?
I hope it never happens. But Warren Buffet put the odds at almost 100% in the next 50 years. So let's not bury our heads. Let's take a look. Let's assume a nuclear bomb, detonated by Islamic terrorists, destroys an American city. Do you really think that Bush or his successor would have trouble convincing the world to wipe clean the area between Egypt and Pakistan, with a little bit left over for N. Korea? Do you really think the American people would accept less, no matter what party the president represented?
And what would be the end-game result? Do you really think that a single bomb, or a couple of bombs in a couple of American cities would ruin modern civilization? Europe, Japan, India, China, Australia - all would continue on with something close to American ideals. We here in America would recover. But "modern" Islamic "civilization" would cease to exist. And OBL's dream of an Islamic Empire would be made impossible due to radioactivity.
Such a disaster would be world-altering, but not world-ending. And I'm pretty certain that our ideals would survive, while the terrorists' would not......
Basically, I'm saying WE ARE the wave of the future. THEY can't win. They can slow us down. And we can get lazy and careless and let them hang on a little longer. But we will prevail in the end. It is inevitable, hence I don't understand all the angst. We need defense and military intelligence; we also need freedom and creativity. It is this blend that got us here, and this blend that will see us through.
To only cling to one side of what makes us powerful is the only recipe for disaster.....
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