I’m a bit late in bringing this party to the Cheddarsphere, and I really should’ve done it Thursday as it was one of the topics Uncle J and I discussed. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that the feds are trying to figure out whether we would retaliate if a nuke were detonated by Islamokazis on American soil. There’s been an interesting discussion at Hot Air, where Allahpundit brought it up for discussion.
I said that I subscribed to the Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations and said I would nuke everybody in response, specifically saying that Mecca should be no more (not even rubble). For those that say that would get the Muslims mad at us, I have a news flash – damn near all of them are already mad enough to work toward our extermination.
Uncle J had, on reflection, a better take. He’d wipe out the modern military capabilities of all the rogue nuclear states…with conventional weapons “because we don’t know WHO nuked us, so we can’t use nukes” (if I flubbed the quote, please correct me, UJ).
Hence, I’ve got a fresh poll up (at least it should be up by the time you read this). Vote there, discuss here.
Who should we retaliate against if the Islamokazis nuke the US?
- We nuke Islam's "holy" sites, no questions asked. (32%, 7 Votes)
- After determining which group it was, send the B-52s in for the nuclear Grand Tour of their bases of operations. (23%, 5 Votes)
- After determining which group it was, we send the B-52s on a conventional Grand Tour of their bases of operation. (18%, 4 Votes)
- We nuke Waziristan, the current home of Al Qaeda, no questions asked. (14%, 3 Votes)
- We nuke the supplier(s) of the nukes. (5%, 1 Votes)
- We wage conventional war on the supplier(s) of the nukes. (5%, 1 Votes)
- Something I missed (please explain in the thread) (5%, 1 Votes)
- We lay waste to Islam's "holy" sites with conventional weapons, no questions asked. (0%, 0 Votes)
- No one because that would be "wrong". (0%, 0 Votes)
- No one because we're waving the French battle flag (aka white flag of unconditional surrender) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 22
Heh…your reference to LeMay reminds me of a funny story.
LeMay was in budget hearings for nukes during the early ’60s. The chairman was the late, great Sen. Everett (“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.”) Dirkson.
Anyway, the exchange went something like this:
LeMay: I need funding for X number of nuke warheads.
Dirkson: General, you just told us that X/2 warheads would be enough to reduce the USSR to cinders; why do you need more?
LeMay: Senator, I want to see those cinders dance.
LeMay got the money.
Also reminds me of an old Tshirt I wore out.
“Nuke ’em till they glow…turn their asses into runway lights.”