AQ has briefcase nukes. WTF?

[DemoCoder]

erm , so the solution is to bomb the places the terrorists come from ?

great idea ! so when is the us gunna blow up washington dc then , or have we all forgotten the people who died in oklahoma ?

oh and while your at it , since the ira was funded by the usa for years could you let off a few bombs in downtown NY for me , okay so manchester needed a bit of rebuilding , but 3000lb bombs arent the nicest way to go about it...

just pointing out the hypocrisy

-dave-

When IRA terrorists or right-wing nuts detonate a nuke, we'll talk. Just pointing out the obvious fallacy of your analogy.

Secondly, if you're stop being a moron, you'd realize the point is to ANNOUNCE your intent of massive retaliation, not to actually carry it out.

 

[London Geezer]

IRAQ (A RICH-WHERE-SADDAM-WANTED-IT-TO-BE-RICH COUNTRY) didn't have any nukes... And now people think bloody AQ has them?

And even IF they had nukes, what are the chances they actually are willing to use them in a city?

And if they ARE willing to do that, what are the chances they will actually do it? I mean I guess it will not be trivial to smuggle a freaking nuke on a plane or something... Right...? There are radiation sensors in airports right...? (I'm asking for real, i don't know)

 

[epicstruggle]

IRAQ (A RICH-WHERE-SADDAM-WANTED-IT-TO-BE-RICH COUNTRY) didn't have any nukes... And now people think bloody AQ has them?

Iraq wanted to make nuclear weapons, not buy them. AQ wants to buy them not make them. There is a difference.

later,
epic

 

[Druga Runda]

IRAQ (A RICH-WHERE-SADDAM-WANTED-IT-TO-BE-RICH COUNTRY) didn't have any nukes... And now people think bloody AQ has them?

Iraq wanted to make nuclear weapons, not buy them. AQ wants to buy them not make them. There is a difference.

later,
epic

very true.. .Saddam, evil dictator he might be but even during the height of Iran Iraq war, I don't think he would have gone and nuked Teheran with one over the counter nuke. That would have cemented his fate much earlier. Using chemical agents on civilians and using nukes are two different things still... while the first one the west was happy to ignore and give him the blind eye as long as he obeyed (not very long really)... a nuke used by thier ally not even the west could ignore.

However ability to produce nukes, and having a dozen or so with a proper misslile delivery reaching Europe... now he would have a proper tool for diplomatic arguments in the same way big boys have... so he would be almost invincible... but he didn't come close to that after Israel destoryed his facility in the 80's.

However AQ having a nuke has only one interest - how to blow it up and create west-muslim war. not easy to do but not impossible with careful planning. Maybe they can just bring a ship into NY harbour and blow the nuke there. Maybe not total devastation as if it was placed on middle of Manhattan, but surely puts a very strong point accross to the masses in the west and a big step towards their WWIII wish, esp if US retaliates - which is very likely given the current climate, dangerous, dangerous...