America’s WMD Doctrine: Would It Deter a Nuclear 9/11?
“and determining the origin of the nuclear bomb-making material have become increasingly feasible.”
There are ways around this, of course. The one that scares me most is one of the terrorist groups using several nukes to trigger the Canary Islands fault. That would pretty much destroy the seacoasts of France, England, Spain, the east coast of America and South America as well as Africa’s Atlantic coast. Hundreds of millions dead and the ‘evidence’ buried under millions of tons of rock.
Western civilization falls back into the dark Ages for a generation or two. That would create a technological parity between Islam and the West. Only they have a numbers advantage.
Generalities are dangerous, but on the average Westerners value life more the muslims. When is the last time you heard of a Presbyterian strapping on a homicide vest and blowing up a pizza joint?
