[Mat_Helm]

The policy should be similar and premptive like the Monroe Doctrine and or MAD (Mutaully Assured Destruction). We should make it very clear that no matter who claims responsibilty, if any American city is nuked that within hours the following cities without hesitation will be eliminated as well starting with Bagdad, Damascus, Tehran, Beiruit, Kabul, Peshawar, Kartoom, and than if China makes any moves Peking and all their nuclear forces should be targeted.

[Protagoras]

We should make it very clear that no matter who claims responsibilty, if any American city is nuked that within hours the following cities without hesitation will be eliminated as well starting with Bagdad, Damascus, Tehran, Beiruit, Kabul, Peshawar, Kartoom, and than if China makes any moves Peking and all their nuclear forces should be targeted.

After concidering your proposal I find it lacking in many respects. The main one is that you are trying to concider what effect the proclamation would have on a potential enemy but not taking into account the unanticipated response of them, and others.

In your senerio any person or small group of persons who wanted to effect worldwide chaos and perhaps almost total destruction of modern civilation could achieve that goal with one bomb. Something they could never achieve under any other circumstances.

Keep in mind that this kind of mind is unconcerned with it's own destruction. Further, a nation not on the list who wanted to vanquish an enemy who was on the list but who had no hope of victory over that enemy by other means would be encouraged to attack us to have us do their dirty work.

That is the reason wise leaders never box themselves into such corners.

[SauronOfMordor]

We should make it very clear that no matter who claims responsibilty, if any American city is nuked that within hours the following cities without hesitation will be eliminated as well starting with Bagdad, Damascus, Tehran, Beiruit, Kabul, Peshawar, Kartoom,

You forgot Mecca and Medina