What if: A suitcase nuke levels downtown New York

[Zylka]

What kind of action would you back? To my own, if the Saudies were found in any way connected to it (which they most probably would be, financially) - we would have to invade Saudi Arabia, topple and burn Mecca to the ground, and then turn it in to an oil colony for the next few hundred years (or until it runs dry)

Yourself? I would never support a mass nuclear strike. The radiation would be intensely crippling to even the rest of the free world.

KLJSHAL2!@#!

Edited by RAH
I did add a "what if" in the title.

[Zylka]

Sorry guys, it must have been a forum hiccup that lost the last one

LHKAW32!@!

[atawa]

You dont need any nukes to destroy Saoudi Arabia in a week.

Couple of days at most.

Burning Mecca to the ground should raise an interesting war though.

[SuperSneak]

I think thread titles that approximate news headlines, especially in regard to this topic are in extremely poor taste.

[Zylka]

I never thought of it that way. THANK YOU!@

but really, why is it bad taste? No one would ever take a stupid thread in poly as the first hit of news on a real issue

Get with the program

[SuperSneak]

Whatever.

Can't you think of something cheerier to post? What if it levelled Victoria or Vancouver or Winnipeg? Would it be such a neato idea then?

[Zylka]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
Whatever.

Can't you think of something cheerier to post? What if it levelled Victoria or Vancouver or Winnipeg? Would it be such a neato idea then?

That steps over a very fine line

[Asher]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
Can't you think of something cheerier to post? What if it levelled Victoria or Vancouver or Winnipeg? Would it be such a neato idea then?

(and Ottawa)

Hmm...do you want an honest answer?

[rah]

I just checked with Ming, neither of us caused your hiccup.
Titles like this are questionable, (preceding it with SCENARIO) kept me from deleting it just out of principle.

And for your info, last year, the thread here on the WTC was the first that I saw of it, so it is possible.

I'll leave this thread open for now, but if it turns into a nuke the bastards thread, it's toast.

I did close your other thread pertaining to this one. We don't have a better answer at this time.

Rich

[SuperSneak]

Well...I think we should remember that some of our posters lost a lot of friends in this tragedy and may not be too thrilled about such casual speculation.
But I'm not the forum Nazi here...just putting in my .02.
I'm sure such an incident would most likely lead to the equivalent of Armageddon, if it means anything to you.

[SlowwHand]

Nuke them until they glow, then nuke them for glowing.

[rah]

*sigh*

Some people don't listen.
This thread will be closed if more morons don't listen.

RAH

[Lemmy]

I'm sure such an incident would most likely lead to the equivalent of Armageddon,

how?
what if this time there is no way to be sure who financed it, or who was behind the attack?
I don't think the nuke would leave any evidence, and if noone claims the attack, then where would the US strike back?

[Andrew1999]

I definitely think you should put WHAT IF: in front of a title like that.

I'm sure we'd find someone to nuke in that case. It might even be the country responsible. The Constitution and the laws of war would be completely ignored in the following conflict.

[Lemmy]

The Constitution and the laws of war would be completely ignored in the following conflict.

and you wouldn't consider that a win for the terrorists?