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In the event it happens (and we all hope it does not), depending on who the President is, we could expect some general housecleaning in the aftermath. “Gosh, we don’t really know whether it was Ahmedinejad or Li’l Kim or Assad did this thing, we had to nuke all three sites. It was the only way to be sure.”

Set a great precedent for the centuries to follow. Guaranteed to be the last time such a thing was necessary.

And if the President opts to bow and grovel instead, even his own party will get the rope. You saw how bloodthirsty Americans were on 9-12.