Shud W Threaten to Nuke Mecca, In the Event of another 9/11

Oh yeah right.

There's probably no difference between getting attacked by a country that declared war on you and a loose network of terrorists that's basically scattered across the globe. Actually, "network" is probably too strong a term.

But sure, let's just pretend Mecca was the capital of the terrorists, and threatening to nuke it would actually change a thing.

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it would prolly accelerate the terrorist attack byut you can't take such a threat seriously

Obama had my support till he threatened to nuke the himalays , like, forget it, the mountains won't move with thousands of nukes falling on them

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

Whether or not it will be carried out,
is a function of HOW MAD thay get us.

I think thay know that.

It wud not be the first time.

Anyone other than the Village Idiot knows that the United States will not
drop a nuclear bomb on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

You may not be aware of this, Skippy, but the United States was at war
with the Japanese Empire when the US dropped those atom bombs. I'm
pretty sure the United States is not at war with Saudi Arabia.

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Mecca?

I dunno. There are some pretty cool other countries we could take over that would be better for like the tourism industry or something since oil has already gotten theirs.

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i'm sure when president bush was holding the hand of the saudi royal , he put in a good word for david . i'm also sure the saudi royal assured president bush : "tell david not to worry , i'm holding my royal hand over him for protection" .
hbg

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

George wrote:
Anyone who makes a threat he wouldn't dare carry out is a whiny little weenie.
I know that.
You know that.
They know that.

Wud we DARE do it to the Japs in WWII ?

2ice ?

Is it metaphysically necessary that we can ONLY do it to Japs ?

U think that maybe we shud give the Moslems
a little TASTE with a tiny nuclear artillery round ?
just to show good faith ?

Whatayathink ?

And here I was thinking that the United States was a civilized country. Well, actually the U.S. IS a civilized country. It is only those that promote the kind of ideas that you propose that cause the world to think otherwise.

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George wrote:

But ya see, Sparky, when everybody knows the threat won't be carried out,
its deterrent value is zero, zilch, nada, niete, nil.

Exactly! I did, however, like Skippy better than Sparky. :wink:

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

dagmaraka wrote:
(by the way, Muslims is a term preferred by many.
Moslems is archaic, though not gramatically incorrect).

The Moslems r pretty dam archaic.

Can you provide evidence of this?

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old europe wrote:

Oh yeah right.

There's probably no difference between getting attacked by a country that declared war on you
and a loose network of terrorists that's basically scattered across the globe.
Actually, "network" is probably too strong a term.

But sure, let's just pretend Mecca was the capital of the terrorists, and
threatening to nuke it would actually change a thing.

Yeah.
These terrorists r religious fanatics,
and in their religion, thay CARE about Mecca.
If thay did not,
then threatening the well being of Mecca wud be ineffective.

Thay might think that Allah will get mad at them
if thay get his favorite place blown up n radioactive.

P.S.:
So far as I remember,
the Japs did not declare war on us,
tho thay acted in such a manner as to give us a hint,
on a date that will live in infamy.

Thay DID send us an ultimatum.

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Intrepid wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:
George wrote:
Anyone who makes a threat he wouldn't dare carry out is a whiny little weenie.
I know that.
You know that.
They know that.

Wud we DARE do it to the Japs in WWII ?

2ice ?

Is it metaphysically necessary that we can ONLY do it to Japs ?

U think that maybe we shud give the Moslems
a little TASTE with a tiny nuclear artillery round ?
just to show good faith ?

Whatayathink ?

And here I was thinking that the United States was a civilized country.
Well, actually the U.S. IS a civilized country.
It is only those that promote the kind of ideas that you propose

that cause the world to think otherwise.

I cud not POSSIBLY care less than I do,
about what the world thinx.

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

Intrepid wrote:
OmSigDAVID wrote:
George wrote:
Anyone who makes a threat he wouldn't dare carry out is a whiny little weenie.
I know that.
You know that.
They know that.

Wud we DARE do it to the Japs in WWII ?

2ice ?

Is it metaphysically necessary that we can ONLY do it to Japs ?

U think that maybe we shud give the Moslems
a little TASTE with a tiny nuclear artillery round ?
just to show good faith ?

Whatayathink ?

And here I was thinking that the United States was a civilized country.
Well, actually the U.S. IS a civilized country.
It is only those that promote the kind of ideas that you propose

that cause the world to think otherwise.

I cud not POSSIBLY care less than I do,
about what the world thinx.

You state the obvious. Fortunately, you are not in charge. Also fortunate is the fact that even GW wouln't likely contemplate what you propose.

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squinney wrote:

Mecca?

I dunno. There are some pretty cool other countries we could take over that would be better for like the tourism industry or something since oil has already gotten theirs.

I don 't wanna take it OVER.
I just wanna use it as a threat target.

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

Yeah.
These terrorists r religious fanatics,
and in their religion, thay CARE about Mecca.

David, I don't doubt that religious, devout Muslims care about Mecca.

But I seriously doubt that fanatic terrorists care more about Mecca than about their fanaticism. I think you're making a mistake if you assume that every terrorist who wants to harm the US is a devout Muslim. In my opinion, that was clearly not true for the 9/11 terrorists.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

If thay did not,
then threatening the well being of Mecca wud be ineffective.

That's pretty much the point.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Thay might think that Allah will get mad at them
if thay get his favorite place blown up n radioactive.

Or maybe they couldn't care less about what Allah thinks about it.

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old europe wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:
Yeah.
These terrorists r religious fanatics,
and in their religion, thay CARE about Mecca.

David, I don't doubt that religious, devout Muslims care about Mecca.

But I seriously doubt that fanatic terrorists care more about Mecca than about their fanaticism. I think you're making a mistake if you assume that every terrorist who wants to harm the US is a devout Muslim. In my opinion, that was clearly not true for the 9/11 terrorists.

OmSigDAVID wrote:
If thay did not,
then threatening the well being of Mecca wud be ineffective.

That's pretty much the point.

OmSigDAVID wrote:
Thay might think that Allah will get mad at them
if thay get his favorite place blown up n radioactive.

Or maybe they couldn't care less about what Allah thinks about it.

I was under the impression that Atta
and his followers were 100% motivated by religion
and getting on Allah 's good side.

Maybe I missed something:
will u enlighten us as to what non-religious motives moved them to suicide ?

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OmSigDAVID wrote:

squinney wrote:
Mecca?

I dunno. There are some pretty cool other countries we could take over that would be better for like the tourism industry or something since oil has already gotten theirs.

I don 't wanna take it OVER.
I just wanna use it as a threat target.

Of course you do, Scooter. And if you had your finger on the button, that
would be a frightening threat. But you don't.

In the real world, those in control will not drop the bomb on Saudi Arabia.
In the real world, all rational people know this.
In the real word, therefore, such a threat would be ludicrous.

It would make a cool scenario for a graphic novel or a video game, though.

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