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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Put another way, if Al Qaeda was really a threat to western civilization, the Afghan-Pakistan border would have been carpet-bombed by now. There would not be a village within 50 miles.
Bush is all about double-speak. He calls it a grave threat to our existence, but he doesn't act like it is.
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Perhaps a nuke attack on American soil is what is needed. As you have posted before, we don't have the stomach for total war, which is what is required. Perhaps if Al Qaeda set off a nuke in NYC or LA for example, killing tens or hundreds of thousands, we coud then nuke the region to hades and be justfiied / have the will.
Not saying I advocate that, but I think that is the political reality. We don't have the stomach for the "collateral damage" of carpet bombin, etc.