Nuclear Coercion
On 3/28/06 The Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, Governor Kean told the Senate; “. . . A nuclear event is possible, and it would have profound and incalculable consequences and change our way of life. . . . Why isn’t there greater media interest?” (C-span)
The answer is that America is in denial of an unbearable reality. Denial made possible by the notion that we are invincible has poisoned us with overconfidence. We are unable to discern the enormous threat of kamikaze nuclear warfare.
Denial is a form of ignorance; we cannot imagine Islamic fascists have more in mind than mass murder. It was Hussein’s advisor Tariq Aziz’s strategy, in tapes released by ABC; “This is not done by a state (WMD attack); no need to accuse a state, an individual can do it. Even an American individual in a house, close, to the White House; I mean, they don’t have a logical argument.” http://abcnews.go.com/images/International/saddam_transcript060217.pdf
While no country can defeat America, nuclear treachery can. No need for importation; close is a catastrophe. Missiles are not needed with suicide, merely small watercraft. A stateless cabal in secret collusion with a revolutionary Islamic state will accept responsibility. Uncertain of where the shooter is, we may suffer the same fate as 1945 Japan, unable to retaliate against a stateless enemy and vulnerable to nuclear coercion.
After twenty years of Islamic revolutionary activities, Iran is at the threshold of acquiring The Bomb. Its vows of violence and the readiness of "40,000 martyrs" are dismissed as bluster even as they are about to go nuclear. Weapons grade uranium was uncovered there in May. An alarm should be sounding but there is widespread complacency and resistance. Deeply divided, we are considering appeasing fanatics on a mission from God and running away.
But appeasement will not bring peace; there will be no end to enemy demands. And running away will only bring the violence back home. We must wage the war in the Middle East or wage it here. God help us.
The answer is that America is in denial of an unbearable reality. Denial made possible by the notion that we are invincible has poisoned us with overconfidence. We are unable to discern the enormous threat of kamikaze nuclear warfare.
Denial is a form of ignorance; we cannot imagine Islamic fascists have more in mind than mass murder. It was Hussein’s advisor Tariq Aziz’s strategy, in tapes released by ABC; “This is not done by a state (WMD attack); no need to accuse a state, an individual can do it. Even an American individual in a house, close, to the White House; I mean, they don’t have a logical argument.” http://abcnews.go.com/images/International/saddam_transcript060217.pdf
While no country can defeat America, nuclear treachery can. No need for importation; close is a catastrophe. Missiles are not needed with suicide, merely small watercraft. A stateless cabal in secret collusion with a revolutionary Islamic state will accept responsibility. Uncertain of where the shooter is, we may suffer the same fate as 1945 Japan, unable to retaliate against a stateless enemy and vulnerable to nuclear coercion.
After twenty years of Islamic revolutionary activities, Iran is at the threshold of acquiring The Bomb. Its vows of violence and the readiness of "40,000 martyrs" are dismissed as bluster even as they are about to go nuclear. Weapons grade uranium was uncovered there in May. An alarm should be sounding but there is widespread complacency and resistance. Deeply divided, we are considering appeasing fanatics on a mission from God and running away.
But appeasement will not bring peace; there will be no end to enemy demands. And running away will only bring the violence back home. We must wage the war in the Middle East or wage it here. God help us.
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