From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Fri Aug 16 2002 - 16:11:54 MDT
As Brian pointed out to me offlist, in an aside in a response
to a question I asked, it seems funny that no one commented on
what should be done, but only what *not* to do (i.e., we all
agree that it would be a bad idea and quite wrong to nuke Mecca
in return).
So here's the scenario (suggested by Brian):
"The Muslim nations of the world have agreed in secret to unite and
declare a Jihad against the U.S. and other western nations. In order
to keep this a secret they continue to fund and support terrorist
groups while publicly denying everything.
The U.S. government and others, having intercepted key communiqués,
are aware of all this.
The terrorists and their state sponsors successfully nuke
Manhattan."
I personally find this a little far-fetched in the sense that
it would be weird if *all* Muslim nations were in agreement.
But who's the extropian afraid of hypothetical questions!?
Let me assume that, say, exactly six leading Muslim nations
were found to be in on the conspiracy.
Well, Brian, for me that means that the six capitals get
H-bombed in return, (or whichever cities the Americans
believe the enemy leaders to be in).
Lee
P.S. Personally, I'm more interested in this scenario: all
that is known is that the Al Qaeda organization intends to
destroy some American city on a certain date, and on that
date---despite the West's best efforts---Manhattan goes up.
What (from one's limited knowledge and experience) would
one recommend that the U.S. government do?
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