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What would happen if a nuke was detonated in a US city?
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What would happen?
We'd destroy every terrorist including the towns where they sleep!
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 59%  [ 19 ]
We'd cower and ask for the terms of our surrender.
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We'd spend the next 6 months blaming the President.
6%
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We'd keep doing what we're doing in the Middle East.
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The Cube



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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ajgeddes



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hank Scorpio wrote:
gang ah jee wrote:

Still not over Vietnam, eh?


Try portions of the Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, etc.

Essentially anywhere that has a majority Muslim population.


????? Since when is 7% of the population majority? They are mainly a Buddhist country.
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Hank Scorpio



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ajgeddes wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
gang ah jee wrote:

Still not over Vietnam, eh?


Try portions of the Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, etc.

Essentially anywhere that has a majority Muslim population.


????? Since when is 7% of the population majority? They are mainly a Buddhist country.


Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Can any of you make simple inferences? Portions of a nation. As in, the portions of the nation that have a majority Muslim population. Religious groups aren't usually scattered helter skelter evenly through a country's population; they tend to cluster together. Therefore you'd destroy those clusters.
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hank Scorpio wrote:
ajgeddes wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
gang ah jee wrote:

Still not over Vietnam, eh?


Try portions of the Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, etc.

Essentially anywhere that has a majority Muslim population.


????? Since when is 7% of the population majority? They are mainly a Buddhist country.


Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Can any of you make simple inferences? Portions of a nation. As in, the portions of the nation that have a majority Muslim population. Religious groups aren't usually scattered helter skelter evenly through a country's population; they tend to cluster together. Therefore you'd destroy those clusters.

So what you're talking about is dropping tac nukes on the muslim neighbourhoods of Kuala Lumpur, right? That'll show 'em!

Then when that's done, it'll be time to confirm that it was in fact the muslims that were responsible.
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ajgeddes



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hank Scorpio wrote:
ajgeddes wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
gang ah jee wrote:

Still not over Vietnam, eh?


Try portions of the Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, etc.

Essentially anywhere that has a majority Muslim population.


????? Since when is 7% of the population majority? They are mainly a Buddhist country.


Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Can any of you make simple inferences? Portions of a nation. As in, the portions of the nation that have a majority Muslim population. Religious groups aren't usually scattered helter skelter evenly through a country's population; they tend to cluster together. Therefore you'd destroy those clusters.


Then we can nuke certain parts of US cities where Muslims live as well. We could take out neighbourhoods across the whole country. The suburbs of Paris.... GONE!
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The Cube



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Cube wrote:
I don't know why you guys are even arguing with him. The idea that the US government would nuke all the muslims is ridiculous, and not even worth arguing about.

Is not! I just heard about the attack on the embassy in Syria, and retaliation I'm going to strangle my muslim classmates by their hijabs. And I'm not even American.
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Moldy Rutabaga



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I don't know why you guys are even arguing with him. The idea that the US government would nuke all the muslims is ridiculous, and not even worth arguing about.

Again, I think another possibility is that agents other than the government would launch the strike. What would happen if a large city which had a weapons arsenal nearby was in such disorder and chaos that vigilante groups got hold of a weapons system?

This is something I think about often. Why aren't there corresponding terrorist groups in Europe threatening the Arab world with bootlegged Russian weapons? Maybe Al Queda knows not to overplay their hand..

Ken:>
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cubanlord



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moldy Rutabaga wrote:
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I don't know why you guys are even arguing with him. The idea that the US government would nuke all the muslims is ridiculous, and not even worth arguing about.

Again, I think another possibility is that agents other than the government would launch the strike. What would happen if a large city which had a weapons arsenal nearby was in such disorder and chaos that vigilante groups got hold of a weapons system?

This is something I think about often. Why aren't there corresponding terrorist groups in Europe threatening the Arab world with bootlegged Russian weapons? Maybe Al Queda knows not to overplay their hand..

Ken:>


Shocked Interesting!!! Now you have me thinking, "What WOULD the Arab people do (terrorists or not) if different terrorist groups began bombarding them saying, "you guys are attacking everyone.....". Interesting indeed. Nice point. Smile
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Yo!Chingo



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey I'll do it!!! Just give me the $$$ Laughing
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DRAMA OVERKILL



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

... lots of people would die, "freedom fries" would be a hit again, a full-on war with whoever dropped the nuke would ensue, several countries would participate and contribute to the war effort, and when the war was won (if...) America would take all the credit...
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DRAMA OVERKILL wrote:
"freedom fries" would be a hit again

Freedom fries? Only when you're angry at the French.

You're thinking of "freedom numerals."
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DRAMA OVERKILL



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gang ah jee wrote:
DRAMA OVERKILL wrote:
"freedom fries" would be a hit again

Freedom fries? Only when you're angry at the French.

You're thinking of "freedom numerals."


Regardless, they would be a hit again... If no other reason than to build up morale... Freedom fries for everyone! AMERICA, F_CK YEAH!!!
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gang ah jee



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DRAMA OVERKILL wrote:
Regardless, they would be a hit again... If no other reason than to build up morale... Freedom fries for everyone! AMERICA, F_CK YEAH!!!

Truly a strategy worthy of Goebbels himself.
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FlagWaver



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NUKE OR BE NUKED!



Ask yourself this question: Can terrorists be deterred from using WMD against American targets?

Mecca would be a rational deterrent to radical Islamists bent on using WMD against American civilians.

If Islamic extremists really love their religious institutions in the way that they claim they do, then pointing an ICBM at Mecca may not be the most irrational thing to do. They may not care if the rest of the world goes up in a nuclear mushroom cloud, but Mecca is not the rest of the world. Would they really risk blowing up New York City if they believed the consequences of such an action would be a 30 kiloton nuclear explosion over the Kaaba stone?

Perhaps only the threat of destroying Mecca would be enough.
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