Annie Jacobsen
2008-12-06 09:33:59
cedarford:
“Why not? Do you think after a nuclear blast that Geneva or any law would be in effect limiting a US eradication of the source of the Bomb(s) used and the nation(s)that supported the terrorists?”
The Eisenhower-era idea of MAD was as a preventative posture. What would happen with terrorists “after” a nuclear event is a different story, don’t you agree? “After” is a foreign policy game-changer for the whole world
One important point remains, as Bob Smith said above: Al Qaeda is a death cult. Rohan Gunaratna writes in his masterful book “Al Qaeda” that the jihadists have completely conquered the fear of death. That is the dark heart of the matter with terrorists and WMD.
