Thanks for the pics 2many and agree that there are no wars without poontang. "First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women". Or something like that...

I believe I made my earlier point in this thread. I'm not all America rah rah and we have our warts, but I do believe we have it best here so at least try to appreciate it and those that protect it.

So to answer my Nuke statement...you gotta hear me out on this one. Its a doozy.

I believe we had a VERY short window after 9/11 to do pretty much whatever we wanted. Even Russia would have stood down (pre-Putin power trip). The entire world was on our side and would have understood an aggressive response. So as such, I would have used small, low yield nukes in 3 - 4 strategic non-populated areas (Afghan, Paki wastelands...I'm not psycho) and filmed it. Sure a few goat herders would get vaporized, but lets not cry over a few spilt goat herders (name the movie reference for +10 man card points). Then break into a WW emergency Presidential broadcast immediately afterwards with film footage and demand that all terrorist sponsoring countries hand over dead or alive the top "Deck of Card" terrorists, including Bin Laden, to the American consulate within 72 hours for face annihilation. I'd like to include the House of Saud in this, but lets not get ahead of ourselves

Once nobody responds on the first demand (as expected), then lay waste to an Afganistan & Pakistan population center of choice (or three...you know...for "test purposes and science"). Wash, rinse, repeat until hair is silky smooth. Collect terrorists and conclude the war within a month (as expected). As proven, terrorists only respect and respond to extreme force and strength. So call their bluff in the ultimate way. You don't pull a gun unless you expect to use it to its maximum effect. All we did in Iraq and Afghanistan (and Nam) was show our gun and look where it's got us.

Believe it or not, this saves lives and prevents long drawn out wars. As horrific as it was, Truman was right. Millions upon millions of Americans and Japanese would have died if we didn't drop Fat Man and Little Boy and instead choose a land invasion (yeah...good luck with that). Not to mention that it would have probably taken years and years while slowly bankrupting us (sound familiar?).

War was not meant to ever be televised. Nam taught us this. In the first gulf war, reporters and cameras were already on the beach filming our special forces landing for cripes sake! Dresden could never occur today. We are too handicapped by the modern media to do what needs to be done. So go old testament and televise a nuke. War = over.

But alas and to my original point, this doesn't enrich the MIC - so its a non starter. Rest assured Bush wanted to nuke, but Cheney (Halliburton) talked him out of it. They're all puppets looking to get rich.

And now as result, we have leftover surplus military MRAPS on our streets plus trillions more debt. 'Merica fvck yeah!



That should get things going around here....