This rant occurred to me last night when I was watching some show about new American fighter jet technology, and wondering just who in the hell we think it is that we're going to be fighting with these techonological marvels.
Why are we even considering getting bogged down in another nasty, costly conventional conflict in the middle east? After the first few days, it will jsut bog down into low-tech, bloody fighting anyway.
If Iran wants to play the nuke game, let them. We know how to play the nuke game better than anyone else, so why should we worry?
I say we've gone far too long without a good nuclear smack-down. Other countries and terrorists are getting kind of uppity these days, maybe just because they've forgotten the truly awesome destructive power that we can unleash on them.
If Iran is gettting close to developing their first nulcear weapon, I say we just give them one: a few megaton device, detonated 500 feet above their nuclear facility. That will set their nuke program back indefinitely, and seriously discourage anyone else's nuclear ambitions as well. Give them 12 hours warning to get their people out, if you want.
Seriously, why do we continue to risk American lives in nasty, protracted ground wars? Nuclear weapons are terrible, and that's why they're so effective, and why we built them. You really don't have to use them, or at a minimum, you only need to use them once or twice, and your enemies tend to straighten themselves out. Especially when they don't have them. We have the technological edge on this particular enemy, let's use it. Or at least, be very serious about the threat of using it.
Discuss.
Why are we even considering getting bogged down in another nasty, costly conventional conflict in the middle east? After the first few days, it will jsut bog down into low-tech, bloody fighting anyway.
If Iran wants to play the nuke game, let them. We know how to play the nuke game better than anyone else, so why should we worry?
I say we've gone far too long without a good nuclear smack-down. Other countries and terrorists are getting kind of uppity these days, maybe just because they've forgotten the truly awesome destructive power that we can unleash on them.
If Iran is gettting close to developing their first nulcear weapon, I say we just give them one: a few megaton device, detonated 500 feet above their nuclear facility. That will set their nuke program back indefinitely, and seriously discourage anyone else's nuclear ambitions as well. Give them 12 hours warning to get their people out, if you want.
Seriously, why do we continue to risk American lives in nasty, protracted ground wars? Nuclear weapons are terrible, and that's why they're so effective, and why we built them. You really don't have to use them, or at a minimum, you only need to use them once or twice, and your enemies tend to straighten themselves out. Especially when they don't have them. We have the technological edge on this particular enemy, let's use it. Or at least, be very serious about the threat of using it.
Discuss.
