[Pitchfork]

You're generally right, although not having depolyed these munitions over the range of situations that might arise we have only probabilistic knowledge of how much radiation might escape. Our modeling, as good as it might be is not a flawless indicator or real world results. The likelihood of a messy outcome increases with the number of uses.

That aside, America--justified or not--can be criticized for being the only nation to every use atomic weapons against other human beings. I'd rather we avoid a second episode of this unless it is clear that even the most extreme conventional munitions are ineffective. I firmly believe we can achieve our goal of eliminating Bin-Landin and eradicating the Taliban without recourse to nukes.

Why open pandora's box?

[Khaleel]

I firmly believe we can achieve our goal of eliminating Bin-Landin and eradicating the Taliban without recourse to nukes.
Why open pandora's box?

The box has been opened since 1949 when we disregarded George Washington's sound advice to stay out of alliances with other nations.

All we've suffered since then is retaliation for one alliance that required another alliance that brought about another retaliation, e.g. US & Saddam against Iran, then US & Saudi against Saddam; or US & Osama against USSR now US & Russia against Osama.

All we're doing now is recruiting more for the Jihad. We need to shut the box. Tightly!

[eclectic]

Why open pandora's box?

Nuclear weapons provide a clean, quick solution to the most of the world's problems. They save lives and clear minds. It's time to go nuclear!

[Don Joe]

"Why open pandora's box?"

Grab your shorts, cluetrain comin' through!

Are ya ready? OK, here it comes: it's already open. It's been open since 9/11.

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