I think you are grossly overestimating our border security
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 25/02/2010 08:03:13 PM
The tons of drugs that are smuggled into this country every year somewhat undercuts the argument that we can stop it at the border. Besides if you are setting it off in the San Francisco bay or the Hudson River you don't really need to go through customs. Primitive bombs are big but they are not so big that they couldn't fit in moderate sized pleasure boat and shielding isn’t really that complicated if you have room and can handle the added weight.
We stop only a fraction of the drugs that come into this country, that wouldn’t really be good enough with nukes.
Hell you could simply put it in a cargo container and have it set to go off if it is opened. Smuggling a nuke into the country would be risky but it wouldn't all that hard and 911 taught us they can find people who are willing and able to pull the trigger even if they are sitting on top of it.
As for the Cold War I think you are the one misunderstanding. The Cold War mindset is not "The fear they can hurt us" I am not even sure where you got that idea from but you can't simply just make such things up and assume the rest of us will accept them as fact. The Cold War mindset more then anything else is the mindset that having more and better weapon systems can protect us and that MAD will stop anyone from pulling the trigger. The Cold War mindset was that you didn't have to actually use these more and better weapon systems because simply possessing them would inspire such fear in your enemy that he would never attack you. Not sure that works with international terrorist organizations. If we find out weeks later that a nuke set off in Atlanta was made with uranium from Iran are we going to turn around and nuke Iran? If the answer is not 100% yes then MAD doesn’t work.
We stop only a fraction of the drugs that come into this country, that wouldn’t really be good enough with nukes.
Hell you could simply put it in a cargo container and have it set to go off if it is opened. Smuggling a nuke into the country would be risky but it wouldn't all that hard and 911 taught us they can find people who are willing and able to pull the trigger even if they are sitting on top of it.
As for the Cold War I think you are the one misunderstanding. The Cold War mindset is not "The fear they can hurt us" I am not even sure where you got that idea from but you can't simply just make such things up and assume the rest of us will accept them as fact. The Cold War mindset more then anything else is the mindset that having more and better weapon systems can protect us and that MAD will stop anyone from pulling the trigger. The Cold War mindset was that you didn't have to actually use these more and better weapon systems because simply possessing them would inspire such fear in your enemy that he would never attack you. Not sure that works with international terrorist organizations. If we find out weeks later that a nuke set off in Atlanta was made with uranium from Iran are we going to turn around and nuke Iran? If the answer is not 100% yes then MAD doesn’t work.
Why Iran's dictators can be deterred
23/02/2010 01:31:52 PM
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Not sure he showed us how they can be deterred
23/02/2010 01:56:42 PM
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Er yeah, that's totally the argument I was going for.
23/02/2010 02:06:52 PM
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No Palin was simply cover for the "we just have to accept Iran will get the bomb argument"
23/02/2010 02:26:45 PM
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She wasn't cover for anything, but I like how this argument keeps going that way.
23/02/2010 02:36:47 PM
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As I have noted it isn't conseratives that keep bring her up
23/02/2010 03:26:11 PM
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and I tried to take her out of the argument. But here we are.
23/02/2010 03:39:29 PM
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dealing with the repercussions of attacking another Islamic country may be our best option
23/02/2010 04:25:47 PM
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The world needs to decide how it feels about non-proliferation.
23/02/2010 07:11:51 PM
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yes American used the bomb so now we should let everyone else take a turn *NM*
24/02/2010 06:22:23 AM
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It would certainly demonstrate the folly of that view.
24/02/2010 06:49:56 AM
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well hell then why not just sel them nukes and get it over with
24/02/2010 02:33:00 PM
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I really don't think the folly need be demonstrated more than once.
28/02/2010 02:49:30 AM
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I think this guy lives on the moon
23/02/2010 02:51:20 PM
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I was just talking to Lupine about how I like your posts, but I'm gonna make an exception here.
23/02/2010 09:28:44 PM
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You'll have to link that then, I always like to read things that feed my ego
24/02/2010 12:17:37 AM
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Oh, it was on AIM.
24/02/2010 01:13:07 PM
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Ah well, I'll have to self feed my ego instead, fortunately I'm very good at that
25/02/2010 03:44:43 PM
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Here's an article in response to Zakaria's article
23/02/2010 03:19:41 PM
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I generally don't care for Fareed, but believe he's right this time.
23/02/2010 05:59:00 PM
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Iran is a thorny problem
24/02/2010 05:38:09 AM
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I still don't believe North Korea harmless.
24/02/2010 06:59:15 AM
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I never used the term 'harmless'
24/02/2010 10:01:14 PM
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Fair point, sorry.
25/02/2010 12:45:47 PM
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No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
25/02/2010 05:19:10 PM
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Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
28/02/2010 02:30:26 AM
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Re: No worries - I was just making sure you understood my position
01/03/2010 03:53:58 PM
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A carrot without a stick is just a free carrot.
02/03/2010 08:01:23 AM
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They can hit Tokyo
25/02/2010 06:10:44 PM
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So?
25/02/2010 07:01:37 PM
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I think you are grossly overestimating our border security
25/02/2010 08:03:13 PM
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Well, I KNOW you're ignorant about a lot of things and this shows it.
25/02/2010 08:56:45 PM
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Yes you are the Great Cold War Warrior of the chairforce
28/02/2010 06:44:31 PM
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Oh I'm sorry - so you're not so much ignorant as idiot.
01/03/2010 03:48:32 PM
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Israel does not have the military capability to destroy or significantly damage Iran's nuclear sites
24/02/2010 12:33:00 PM
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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about - and it shows to anyone who does
24/02/2010 10:33:29 PM
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I think this ties in well with this article
25/02/2010 09:56:04 AM
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It's going to happen regardless sooner or later; might as well get out in front and claim leadership
01/03/2010 06:29:57 AM
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