[lit-ideas] Re: The Surgical Strike Option

  • From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:14:17 -0500

Andreas: We saw how Muslims reacted over a few Danish cartoons. How would Muslims react to a nuclear attack on an Islamic country? Every Western embassy would be burnt to the ground in every Muslim country.


Eric: Attacking the large Iranian facilities would not require nuclear weapons.


(We would only use low-yield nuclear bunker busters against an underground shielded facility that was vital in some way. For example, Kim Jong Il's hideout after he had attacked someone. These aren't even "real" nuclear weapons by nuclear-war standards, and certainly wouldn't be used in Iran.)

So I don't think any of these publicized "plans" --which are made public as just another bargaining chip--involve any type of nuclear weaponry use on our part.

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