Good Reasons To Nuke (the United States)

News from Bangladesh ^ | Feb 28, 2007 | Yamin Zakaria

[2Am4Sure]

According to the doctrine of pre-emptive strike which the US has adopted since 9/11, it too can be subjected to a pre-emptive nuclear strike, as it poses a threat to other peaceful nations of the world. The US has a sordid track record for using such weapons against civilians and it has constantly maintained a large stockpile of such weapons of mass destruction, and continuously develops them. There are additional reasons to nuke the US, however I have decided to highlight only seven, which I have listed below.

This is partly for brevity and I hope it might have some resonance with the Zionist-Christian Fundamentalists, especially the nutty ones, as number 7 has significance in the Bible. Also, they are constantly yearning for the Armageddon, and nuking USA may only speed up the process, so for a change I might have these Christian-Zionists on my side! The Halleluiah brigade would probably jump up, waving their arms in the air whilst claiming to be speaking in tongues, proclaim that the good Lord says: bring it on, nuke the US for their sins! Perhaps, I would also have the communists and their variants to concur with me, as nuking the leading capitalist nation by non-state actors would seem like initiating a 21st century explosive revolution by the powerless proletariats against the capitalist class!

[2Am4Sure]

This is what we are up against

[American_Centurion]

Try it. Oh, wait, they already are trying it. Nevermind.

[b4its2late]

I am sure Nancy Pelosi & Co will want us to negotiate with these nutbags.

[DarthVader]

Hey Yamin! Nuking the US will only result in the complete and total extermination of you Muslims from this planet. Plus the places where you once where will be unihabitable for 600 years. Be careful what you wish for, numbnut!

[2banana]

Now consider this scenario, a Caliphate is established in the Middle East that has unified the Islamic world, it’s armed with nuclear weapons. No doubt it would be competing with the US in the international arena. Who is more like to use such weapons? Foreign policy of the Caliphate is Jihad, which is the spread of Islam, using nukes to annihilate entire section of population, would defeat that central objective of spreading the message of Islam. Nukes and Jihad does not go hand in hand unless it is entirely for defensive purpose.

Yeah - they wouldn't use nukes -

Qur’an 8:12 “I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle.”

Qur’an 8:57 “If you gain mastery over them in battle, inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them, so that they would learn a lesson and be warned.”

"Slay them wherever you find them...Idolatry is worse than carnage...Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God's religion reigns supreme." (Surah 2:190-)

"Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it." (Surah 2:216)

"Seek out your enemies relentlessly." (Surah 4:103-)

"The Jews and Christians say: 'We are the children of God and His loved ones.' Say: 'Why then does He punish you for your sins?" (Surah 5:18)

"Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends." (Surah 5:51)

“When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield, strike off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives firmly” (Koran 47:4).

“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued” (Koran 9:29)

[Slump Tester]

They have newspapers in Bangladesh?

The only folks there smart enough to read are foreigners.

[Disambiguator]

The US has a sordid track record for using such weapons against civilians

Yes, 2 uses within a week 60+ years ago (and none since) is "sordid".

[Gay State Conservative]

Looks like George Harrison might have been wasting his time way back when.

[TC Rider]

WHy are you bothering to excerpt this crap?

I won't go to their site, though I would like see the rest.

Are we worried about getting sued by towelheads in Bangladesh?

[kromike]

Are you sure this wasn't written by a Kos/HuffPost blogger?

[Ditto]

Would someone please remember to bump this thread to the top the next time some storm/drought/flood/epidemic/famine or what ever hits Bangladesh and they start crying for more US aid. Shouldn't be long considering they seem to need some sort of bailout every few weeks.

[Osage Orange]

Heck....I thought it came from the DNC.

[trisham]

Looks like George Harrison might have been wasting his time way back when.

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LOL! Poor George.

[reagan_fanatic]

An enemy can set off a nuke or series of nukes in this country, but the end result will be the total and complete nuclear annihilation of whoever or whatever state was involved.

In short - if we die, you die.

[TheDon]

Wow! Such an impressive list! We should nuke ourselves!

[null and void]

OTOH, I have been unable to find any Biblical reference to our part in the Final Battle.

I can only conclude that before that point we are rendered irrelevant.

[jokar]

Read a couple of his (Ward) Churchillian points, could very well be mistaken for nutjob leftist talking points

claims we killed 70 million native Americans.

claims we lynched blacks for centurys, which led to the death of millions of African American deaths.

Sounds like DU or daily kos krap.

[Charlespg]

where is a typhoon when you need it

[Dr.Zoidberg]

When you consider the total amount of land occupied by America, any successfully devastating nuclear attack on the U.S. would by necessity have to come from China, Russia or a combination of both. Terrorists or tiny tin-pot nations might manage to pop a few in, but it would take a massive strike on a scale unimaginable before our ability to totally annihilate the aggressor was diminished.

And again, as long as we have ballistic missile submarines laying in wait for the call to arms, our ability to sterilize any country that dares go nuclear on us remains intact. It doesn't take long to come to launch depth and bring about the end of the world for our enemies.

The world has forgotten the lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That is to say, if you give us good enough reason, America is more than capable of ruining your day. It would do the world good to be painfully reminded of just why WE are a superpower.

[Fudd]

Foreign policy of (a hypothetical) Caliphate is Jihad, which is the spread of Islam, using nukes to annihilate entire section of population, would defeat that central objective of spreading the message of Islam. Nukes and Jihad does not go hand in hand unless it is entirely for defensive purpose.

One hypothesis I hope we never have a chance to test. Of course, the dhimmicrats can't see that far.

[Robert A. Cook, PE]

And again, as long as we have ballistic missile submarines laying in wait for the call to arms, our ability to sterilize any country that dares go nuclear on us remains intact. It doesn't take long to come to launch depth and bring about the end of the world for our enemies.

You are assuming that the president (and Clinton would NOT) would actually want to take steps to defend America.

Rather, first press release from her office after a nuclear bomb WOULD BE this same kind of drivel ....

[mowowie]

save for later

[The Blitherer]

This is partly for brevity and I hope it might have some resonance with the Zionist-Christian Fundamentalists, especially the nutty ones, as number 7 has significance in the Bible. Also, they are constantly yearning for the Armageddon, and nuking USA may only speed up the process, so for a change I might have these Christian-Zionists on my side! The Halleluiah brigade would probably jump up, waving their arms in the air whilst claiming to be speaking in tongues,

Geesh, this guy is some kind of intellectual giant.

Allow me to use a much more sophisticated argument to retort:

"I know you are but what am I."

[Stayfree]

If only Ward Churchill really did live in Bangladesh, then this rubbish would be believable.

[GoLightly]

The circular logic in this piece is stunning. Use nukes against us, because those lobbing them are less likely to be the ones who would use them.

[TexConfederate1861]

ha! You need to see what I wrote them in reply....:)

[basil]

Wasn't very long ago that they were all dying of famine in Bangladesh. Guess they got over that--with the aid of the US, of course. I don't remember hearing that the Muslims stepped in to help, though

[b4its2late]

Yes, it does. The left is nuts....to put it mildly.

[Stayfree]

I think we should drop a nuke on Mecca and yell "OOOOPS!"

[Ditto]

I don't remember hearing that the Muslims stepped in to help, though

Outside of maybe beheading some infidel aid workers, the Muzzies have neither the skill nor the inclination to help others. It's the Allah's will thing.

[RockinRight]

They try and nuke us and they'll see just how sordid we are. We'll retaliate and nuke the bastards into The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.

[MARTIAL MONK]

The author is from Mumbai, India. Famous for its prostitutes and slums.

[Zeroisanumber]

The irony is that this article will elicit about a dozen "Nuke Mecca" posts here on FR.

[Stayfree]

Just goes to show you the lack of intellegence that exists in a backward culture that controls most of the world's oil supply and teaches its population to chant "Death to our biggest customer"

Makes perfect sense to me...kinda like sending your kids out with sticks and stones to beat on Goliath's shins to see how long it takes him to figure out what to do with his 17,000 nuclear warheads!!

[sgtbono2002]

They worked then, they will work now, Lets start with this nutbag.

[atomic conspiracy]

Catch this bastard, try him under the Julius Streicher precedent, and hang him.

[sevenbak]

"OTOH, I have been unable to find any Biblical reference to our part in the Final Battle."

How about this... All Nations...

Zechariah 14:
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

From this I can only assume that the US is part of "all nations". That tells me that either we will have a leader who does not support Israel, ot that it will be a UN force representing all nations that fights against Israel. For this to happen, Israel is goign to have to do something really harsh, like nuke Iran or tear down the dome of the Rock, IMHO...

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The US has a sordid track record for using such weapons against civilians...

Twice in the last 67 years against an enemy who attacked without warning is sordid? In spite of it saving the lives of 10's of millions of Japanese?

We wouldn't have used them at all if the Indians had gotten off their butts in WW2 and defeated the Japanese themselves. They're a lot closer.

[atomic conspiracy]

The anti-American propaganda spewed in the Bangladeshi schools is among the most virulent and dishonest in the world. Among other things, Bangladeshi students are taught that Japan's WW2 onslaught was a noble effort to liberate Asians from European colonialism. They are specifically told that Japanesse forces never crossed the border into what was then British India (and is now Bangladesh), though, in fact, they did. Atrocities against Indian civilians and PoWs are scrupulously covered up despite Japanese admissions. There are several strands of this theme is this beast's article.

[JimRed]

According to the doctrine of pre-emptive strike which the US has adopted since 9/11, it too can be subjected to a pre-emptive nuclear strike, as it poses a threat to other peaceful nations of the world.

Really? NAME ONE!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Call me an optimist, but I just don't see that scumbag winning under any circumstances.

But should the unimaginable come to pass, I doubt someone as power mad as Her Heinous would sit back and let a foreign body challenge her supremacy.

But hopefully we'll never know.

[Exeter]

You don't have to wait, Ditto. Along side this person's tirade was the headline "Arsenic Seminar: World’s Largest Man-Made Arsenic Disaster in Bangladesh and West Bengal-An Urgent Call To Save a Nation."
When someone is sent to America to ask for our help, I hope they include Mr. Zakaria with them, so he can tell us how much we need to be nuked while he's begging for money from us...

[Dr.Zoidberg]

One too many "Buts".

Must proofread better, dumb@$$!

[aruanan]

The US has a sordid track record for using such weapons against civilians and it has constantly maintained a large stockpile of such weapons of mass destruction, and continuously develops them.

Hey Yamin, take a few twists out of that turban so you can think. We've used nuclear weapons twice. Both times saved many, many lives of the very enemy who, Al Queda-like, sprung one on us on the Day of Infamy.

[BigTex5]

I think we should drop a nuke on Mecca and yell "OOOOPS!"

mowoie wins the thread.... [golf clap]

[infidel29]

I so wish this country would cut off foreign aid to ass-backwards places like this. Then they'd see just how much we give to the world.

Whatever Pujab, spew your blabber.

[milestogo]

Yamin Zakaria is a British citizen. British citizens don't need visas to come to the US.

[Jacob Kell]

Maybe. Or maybe the Bible was just referring to Israel and it's enemies.

[Jacob Kell]

Maybe the all nations reference was figurative, or maybe it just referred to the nations that the people back then were familar with, such as Syria, Egypt, Iran, et al.

[lafroste]

Rather, first press release from her office after a nuclear bomb WOULD BE this same kind of drivel ....

I disagree. The hildabeast is first and foremost a political animal. She has no core belief save her own lust for power. If we were attacked and the mood of the country became violent, she would have no trouble whatsoever in nuking the attacker because it would be politically expedient.