tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post6181494945036285667..comments2007-02-08T08:43:51.579-08:00bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-82922964626934522522007-01-20T12:38:00.000-08:002007-01-20T12:38:00.000-08:001. It is not that easy to make a high yield nuke. Look at N Korea with their semi-dud (1 kiloton). <br /><br />2. How is security against Iranian nukes achieved by wasting money in Iraq ?<br /><br />Note: I was for the initial entry into Iraq. The rolling up of the main standard armies in the first few weeks and months was what I expected. But the mistakes started by not being willing to get dirty and make hard choices like leaving the Bathist mostly in place but with a US selected bastard as a puppet. <br /><br />Now the US is still not willing to make deals that for US interests which include getting out at a cheaper cost. also, the US can always drawdown now and then return when no one expects it and when the US has tech and situation lined up in their favor.<br /><br />3. The US needs to move the technological goal posts on Iran and N Korea. Non-proliferation has delayed things but is now failing. The new shift should be to Active Denial and post-Proliferation denial. finish creating remote sensors to find the nukes and nuclear material from long range. Then create the systems for selective surgical strikes. Deep diggers etc...<br /><br />4. Leaving Iraq means that you have more resources to focus on Iran but also on better tech etc.. <br /><br />5. The Kissinger period was the early 70's. The later 70s was the Carter period. Mistakes were made in both periods. But getting out of Vietnam has worked. Vietnam is now a capitalistic country. Communism is around only in small pockets and in a very bastardized form. <br /><br />6. Hitting Manhattan with a small nuke would not destroy all of Manhattan and then both Iran and N Korea would be wasted in reprisal. The reprisal would not have to be nuclear. Rolling Thunder (massive conventional bombing) like in Vietnam but hitting cities and military installations instead of jungle.bwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541279438184352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555522.post-38327556278483229532007-01-20T05:23:00.000-08:002007-01-20T05:23:00.000-08:00How much money would it take to rebuild New York (with the exception of the New York Times) after it's hit with an Iranian nuke? I would like to see that estimate.<br /><br />What were buying with our money is not a necessarily a better Iraq but a safer America. The Kissinger period to which he refers was the latter 1970's was disaster for American security>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com