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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Secondly the US right now could win a nuclear war in the classic sense of winning.
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What is the "classic sense of winning"? I thought that the achievement of political goals was the definition of victory... It would be very difficult for the United States, or any other nation for that matter, to achieve political goals through the use of "WMD".
And with regard to Nuclear Weapons; The intent of nuclear weapons is to impose fear. The Japanese surrendered because of the fear the weapons brought on. Using Nuclear weapons in Iraq or Afghanistan would, if anything, hurt the United States becuase there is no government to surrender. The general population may be afraid, but the carnage caused by the use of such weapons would only strengthen the will to fight in most of the rebels.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
The Islamic states and North Korea can not threaten us yet.
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On the contrary, their military powers may not be able to threaten us YET, but through terorist means they are very much a threat. And they are a threat to the US becuase they are a threat to our allies.