The Supreme Court May Finally Do Something Right!

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

I always thought it might make them easier to take down in a foot pursuit and arrest. So far though that's not as well documented as the guy with the flashing sneakers that tried to run away from the cops across a darkened field. His feet would have had to flash a lot faster than they did.

I hold the same misgivings Flint does, and agree with Merc too. It has worked, with nations anyway. You have to rejigger MAD to work on terrorist groups that don't have a nation to lose and are banking on massive revanchism if a terror-enabling nation gets nuked in retaliation. It would require destroying the terrorists before they can implement a nuke plot. Call it Unilateral Assured Destruction.

I have always said that until you treat them with the same ruthlessness that they have shown you be unable to change their behavior. Anywhere, anytime.