Iceberg Dead Ahead
Iran insists on building nuclear weapons. Why must this be so? Apparently they are so close to developing the doomsday weapon that they risk being engaged in a land and air war with the United States of America. They have determined that the USA still does not want to risk losing too many men in a ground war and thus are essentially calling our bluff because they don't think we will act against them. Perhaps they have gauged the liberal reaction to war and know that they must walk a fine line; not to entice an American Nuclear counterattack on their WMD sites in Iran in place of a costly conventional ground war. They would prefer the latter for there is no defense in the former.
North Korea was given the pandora's box of nuclear technology from Russia, China and the West and now she is able to deliver a fiery WMD upon the western coast of the United States from Seattle to San Diego. This is most unfortunate and unacceptable. A ground war in Korea would be bloody and costly; a nuclear counterstrike would be even more dangerous with its total devastation and concomitant political and economic reprecussions that would spiral out of control of even the most stable governments around the world. Our options dwindle as time passes.
Our enemies know that to wound the United States would not be enough: they must destroy us in order to survive. They cannot beat us with conventional weaponery nor economic blackmail or technological sophistication. Since they cannot occupy us they will attempt to destroy America by nuclear/biological weapons. We are dealing with an enemy that is willing to die for their cause or for their god. Its all or nothing in their calculations.
How will we disuade them? I believe a public demonstration of our nuclear capability and more importantly our willingness to use it is most timely. A tactical nuclear attack upon Iran/N.Korea will have to be seriously considered and executed in total surprise without warning so as emphasize that a vengeful America is nothing to be trifled with especially in this post 9/11 world. There is historical precedence that when push came to shove the USA was willing to plunge whole cities into a fiery Gotterdamerung of our most fanatical enemies. Where will the War on Terror lead us? Pyongyang? Tehran? Time will tell.
North Korea was given the pandora's box of nuclear technology from Russia, China and the West and now she is able to deliver a fiery WMD upon the western coast of the United States from Seattle to San Diego. This is most unfortunate and unacceptable. A ground war in Korea would be bloody and costly; a nuclear counterstrike would be even more dangerous with its total devastation and concomitant political and economic reprecussions that would spiral out of control of even the most stable governments around the world. Our options dwindle as time passes.
Our enemies know that to wound the United States would not be enough: they must destroy us in order to survive. They cannot beat us with conventional weaponery nor economic blackmail or technological sophistication. Since they cannot occupy us they will attempt to destroy America by nuclear/biological weapons. We are dealing with an enemy that is willing to die for their cause or for their god. Its all or nothing in their calculations.
How will we disuade them? I believe a public demonstration of our nuclear capability and more importantly our willingness to use it is most timely. A tactical nuclear attack upon Iran/N.Korea will have to be seriously considered and executed in total surprise without warning so as emphasize that a vengeful America is nothing to be trifled with especially in this post 9/11 world. There is historical precedence that when push came to shove the USA was willing to plunge whole cities into a fiery Gotterdamerung of our most fanatical enemies. Where will the War on Terror lead us? Pyongyang? Tehran? Time will tell.
posted by Bruce R. McConnell | 9:41 PM
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