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I don't agree with the "If they had them, they would have used them logic". Get into Ben Laden's mindset. He doesn't want a retaliatory nuclear strike against all of the Middle East. So 9-11 was a test of our response time, our resolve, and our military response. All three have been pitiful.

If nukes were to go off in several major cities, things would completely fall apart at the top levels. It would take days to figure out who fired them, we would be so destroyed that the military would not know what to do. General's and politicians would be running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

This would tempt either N. Korea, Russia, and China
or all three to finish the job, before we ever got our feet under us. Look how long it took to scramble jets on 9-11. Look how long it took us to go into Afghanistan after 9-11.

Reading the fall of Babylon in scriptures would be a good read regarding our reaction, and our reaction time. When dealing with a nuclear attack seconds and minutes count, not days.

Homeland Security has been a joke, Bush, the congress, and the senate should face charges of criminal neglect over our borders, the Homeland Security Plan, it's inadequacies, it's implementation, and enforcement.

"Homeland Security has been a joke, Bush, the congress, and the senate should face charges of criminal neglect over our borders, the Homeland Security Plan, it's inadequacies, it's implementation, and enforcement."

Lady, you need to chill out. You'll have a stroke thinking like that.

To the rest of you nuclear doomsdayers, please don't get carried away with your worst-case scenarios. Sure, anything is possible and it never hurts to look at the worst case analysis. But, if you are really worried about the cave dwellers maintaining a nuclear weapons program then you are not enjoying life as you should. Some of the things said on this thread are so far-out and ridiculous that it's embarrasing. China and Russia don't want to invade the USA, they can't even handle their own countries, You think they have a chance in hell of imposing their will on the American people? 3 or 4 nukes detonated at the same time in cities across the USA would not destroy our country. Sure, it would end the world as we know it, but unless the attackers have a few million troops on our soil, they have no chance of capitalizing on their attack. We would regain our footing just like NYC did post 9-11.

My take on this is that the threat of a nuclear strike is actually better than the strike itself for the terrorists. People worry, cast blame at our President, fan the flames of fear and generally make the terrorists out to be really important dudes. Hope you enjoy playing into their hand.

""This would tempt either N. Korea, Russia, and China
or all three to finish the job, before we ever got our feet under us. Look how long it took to scramble jets on 9-11. Look how long it took us to go into Afghanistan after 9-11.""

North Korea to finish the job?? with what? They dont have missles that can reach beyond the west coast

China? If they destroyed the US who would buy their junk made bytheir 10m factory workers?

Russia? Russsia cant even control what they have now. They cant even defeat Chechens

the paranoia here in unbelievable