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Originally posted by [Labret]
I really dont think that even if he was nuclear capable, he would use them on the United States without being attacked. He knows his entire nation would be turned into a sheet of glass in no time flat. To say it would be counter productive to attack the United States is an understatement. It took how many days to remove the Taliban?
I dont trust any of those small little shit countries with nukes. The only country I hear in the region threatening to use them is Israel.
I dont think he has them, and if he does, the ground troops that try and attack him are gonna find out real quick, the hard way. Or if we are real lucky he had them smuggled into the United States and planted in various cities. Its not like he can launch them and hit us.
Is he a threat? Yes. Can I think of about 40 other threats? Yes.
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It's really a function of how nuts he is. Is he really around the bend? Does he really believe in holy war or that having his nation turned into slag is worth it if he slaughters some infidels on the way out?
We can be pretty sure he doesn't have any ICBMs to hit us with and if he does have nukes, it can't be very many. Saddam is clearly not a threat as far as taking out our entire nation, but would we really want to lose a stadium with 70,000 people in it, either?
As far as total destructive power, he is not the biggest treat to the USA, but he does seem like one of the more vocal and perhaps willing to follow through if/when he gets the proper equipment and opportunity.
SpaceAce