Reply #13: But The Radicals Care About Mecca [View All]

[iamjoy]

They do not really care about the poor or oppressed. Like most people in the U.S. (including our government), they enjoy making a show of it. However, despite some of our sickening policies, over all we care more about human life than the radical terrorists.

So, they know they can set of a nuke in any U.S. town and really hurt us. And how can we retaliate? Pretty soon we will run out of countries to invade and take over, but there will still be terrorists who hate America, and they will find shelter with evil despots or in chaos (caused by our invasion). So, what threat will work with them? It has to be something they care about. They wouldn't care if we killed their loved ones or friends, martyrs to the cause.

I am not advocating attacking Mecca, I am saying can the threat work the same way M.A.D. did during the Cold War?