Hello??? is anyone out there conscious? The world has CHANGED!
It doesn't take a nation or an army to defeat western civilization!!! How about a "loose rabble" of Islamic fundamentalists with about 20 nukes?
It would not be a long battle. The fact that they have no "nation" means we have no way to threaten retaliation. They can strike us with impunity... again and again.. until we surrender! (How many cities do you think we could lose before we surrender? 5? maybe 10?)
Think it's impossible? Think again... they are devoting their finances and efforts to gaining Islamic nukes. They think it's their religious duty, and they speak openly about it. They probably already have SOME, bu...

Hello??? is anyone out there conscious? The world has CHANGED!
It doesn't take a nation or an army to defeat western civilization!!! How about a "loose rabble" of Islamic fundamentalists with about 20 nukes?
It would not be a long battle. The fact that they have no "nation" means we have no way to threaten retaliation. They can strike us with impunity... again and again.. until we surrender! (How many cities do you think we could lose before we surrender? 5? maybe 10?)
Think it's impossible? Think again... they are devoting their finances and efforts to gaining Islamic nukes. They think it's their religious duty, and they speak openly about it. They probably already have SOME, but not yet enough to complete their plan..
Don't think they would really use them? Take a look at the pictures of NYC at 9-11.
We can joke about WW III (or IV) all we want. We are IN it. Yes, it doesn't look like the earlier world wars, but it potentially more deadly. The world has changed!

Confusing states seeking nuclear weapons with a few guys cooking up car bombs in basements. Not the same thing. Plutonium is not sold on the corner pharmacy in Cairo or Kabul. They can cause havoc and death, but thats not the same as conquest. And state actors would not go to all the trouble of developing such technology to simply hand it to organizations of dubious reliability that may just turn around and use them against them. If you want to focus on the nexus of terrorism and WMDs look to Pakistan and the possibility of a loose nuke in the case of a rebellion, revolution or civil war in that country.

Exaggerating the threat does nothing to combat it. It only scares people into supportin...

Confusing states seeking nuclear weapons with a few guys cooking up car bombs in basements. Not the same thing. Plutonium is not sold on the corner pharmacy in Cairo or Kabul. They can cause havoc and death, but thats not the same as conquest. And state actors would not go to all the trouble of developing such technology to simply hand it to organizations of dubious reliability that may just turn around and use them against them. If you want to focus on the nexus of terrorism and WMDs look to Pakistan and the possibility of a loose nuke in the case of a rebellion, revolution or civil war in that country.

Exaggerating the threat does nothing to combat it. It only scares people into supporting radical ideologues ready to exploit such fear for their own purposes. And if that happens then the terrorist have already won.